Any hopes of New Jersey's public school students bouncing back to the levels of academic standing they had before the COVID-19 pandemic were dashed Wednesday, based on data published in the Nation ...

Compared with 2019, the average reading scores for both grades in 2024 are five points lower and the average mathematics score is three points lower for grade 4 and eight points lower for grade 8 ...

In 2019, Louisiana was ranked second to last in the nation in fourth and eighth-grade math and reading scores overall. That score just went up 17 places, putting Louisiana at 32nd place.