The average eighth-grade reading score dropped three points. Fourth-grade reading scores were essentially unchanged. Since 1990, scores in both math and reading have moved steadily, if slowly, higher.

These students are normally prepared for advanced math throughout their elementary school career. Students on this path can then continue to algebra 1 in seventh grade and geometry in eighth.

David Bartram, the director of SEN Leaders in London, recently tweeted a photo of his daughter's first grade math test. He captioned it, "My daughter's answer to her Year 1 math assessment." ...

The test measures reading and math proficiency for fourth- and eighth-graders. It's administered every two years, but the pandemic delayed the 2021 report until now.

When Bill Horkan, a talented teacher I know, thinks about the national debate over how to improve math instruction, he imagines getting students ready for algebra as early as first grade. “Some ...

In 1998, they didn't even ask kindergarten teachers that question. But the first-grade teachers in 1998 reported giving far fewer tests than the kindergarten teachers did in 2010. Less music and art.