Last year, 45% of Delaware fourth grade students scored below basic reading levels on the NAEP test, which is 2 percentage points better than the results in 1998 and 2022.

America’s children have continued to lose ground on reading skills in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and have made ...

For example, eighth grade students who scored below basic in reading were typically unable to make a simple inference about a character's motivation after reading a short story, and some were unable ...

Read an excerpt below about how, in eighth grade, he discovered BASIC, which introduced him to ... Bill Gates on "CBS Sunday Morning" February 2! All these years later it still amazes me how ...

New federal test results show the state’s middle and elementary students still lag far behind in reading and math.

Officials say the poor results can no longer be blamed solely on the pandemic, warning that the nation's education system faces “complex challenges.” ...

When Marilyn’s family moved to Hamilton, she enrolled in the fourth grade at Madison Elementary School. She asked a classmate, Gayle Timberman Miller, a woman who became a lifelong friend, about that ...

It appears that the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have lingering effects to this day — namely, our youth. America’s children have continued to lose ground on reading skills in the wake of the ...

The average math score for eighth grade students was unchanged from 2022, while reading scores fell 2 points at both grade levels. One-third of eighth grade students scored below “basic ... story, and ...