It's the first Nation's Report Card since the Trump administration began making cuts to the U.S. Education Department. The scores reflect the state of student achievement in early 2024.

The series will explore the challenges schools face in helping kids make progress in math, a pre-pandemic problem that has snowballed into an education crisis, and highlight examples of success. On a ...

Virginia’s elementary and middle schoolers are making little-to-no progress in reading and math as many are still recovering in the aftermath of the pandemic.

According to data collected by the schools, elementary school students in the Dells area made monumental progress in math and reading during the 2021-22 school year.

Students nearing high school graduation scored lower than ever before in national math and reading tests in 2024, according to the Nation's Report Card.

Undergraduate programs that prepare aspiring elementary teachers now require an average of 19 percent more time for elementary math coursework than they did in 2014.

Teacher prep programs must increase the time they spend on fundamental math concepts to develop great math teachers.

When it comes to post-COVID academic recovery, Alabama students are at the forefront, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress.

Work in progress At Frank Guzick Elementary — where Rosa Mendoza’s children attend school — most of the kids are Black or Hispanic. Nearly all of them come from low-income families.

The evidence, experts say, does not show a link between teachers who majored in math and higher student achievement, especially before high school.