From 2012 to 2022, scores dropped 4 percent among 9-year-olds and about 5 percent among 13-year olds. Reading scores showed smaller improvements prior to 2012.

Elementary school students districtwide saw their average achievement percentiles go from 47 to 48 on the math exam, 49 to 50 in reading and 50 to 52 in science compared to January. Middle school ...

Reading scores on the 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress fell two points, on average, for both 4th and 8th graders, sustaining a steady decline in the subject that predates COVID-era ...

Reading scores showed smaller improvements prior to 2012. Scores improved about 5 percent among 9-year-olds from 1975 to 2012, 3 percent among 13-year-olds and less than half a point among 17-year ...