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This story has been edited to add additional information about 12th grade mathematics and reading scores. Eighth grade students’ science test scores have fallen to the level they were in 2009, the ...

In December, Ontario’s Education Quality and Accountability Office released its latest student-testing results, and delivered ...

Dr. Abigail Domagall, professor of geology at Black Hills State University, and 11 BHSU students visited Spearfish Middle ...

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American fourth and eighth graders are struggling with math after COVID-19 prompted school closures across the country, per a new report. "I would call these declines sharp, steep," a commissioner at ...

After several years of steady recovery from pandemic learning loss, Louisiana students saw their progress stall on this year’s state math and science tests, according to new state data. English scores ...

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Mathematics can be both mind-boggling and illuminating. Though it can require mental gymnastics to follow some recent developments in math research, the effort is often rewarded with fascinating ...