Arkansas eighth graders ranked 44th in math and 39th in reading. Nationally, fourth- and eighth grade reading scores, as well as eighth-grade math scores, declined. The only national improvement came ...

Despite its being a top state for public schools, fourth grade reading skills and eighth grade math performance in New Jersey's schoolchildren had generally been dropping even before the pandemic hit, ...

(The Center Square) – Florida's fourth and eighth grade mathematics and reading scores declined from 2022 to 2024, according to the newest National Assessment of Educational Progress report. Despite ...

The Missouri Assessment Program, or MAP, tests are taken by third- through eighth-graders, compared to just those in fourth and eighth grade ... reading, which includes phonics, vocabulary ...

The most recent exam was administered in early 2024 in every state, testing fourth- and eighth-grade students on math and reading. “The news is not good,” said Peggy Carr, commissioner of the ...

Widely regarded as the gold standard of assessments, these latest results measure math and reading proficiency among 4th and 8th grade students in the U.S. Louisiana’s students earned the state’s ...