Declines in a nationwide science test parallel an erosion of scores in math and reading, and widen the gap between the ...

Students at William Thomas Middle School recently had a unique opportunity to showcase their science skills on a national ...

The first NAEP science test to be administered since the pandemic saw the return of a gender gap that had nearly closed. But ...

He reads aloud question No. 1, and he emphasizes that students must include evidence and reasoning with their answer. “So, do not just say, ‘Yes,’” he tells his students. “Yes,” one of them responds ...

Survey results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress show 8th graders do less scientific inquiry now than five years ago.

Students in the 4th and 8th grades are showing more mastery of science, but high school seniors’ scores on the assessment known as “the nation’s report card” stayed flat from 2009. The results ...

I want you to think back to your eighth grade science class. For some of us, this walk down memory lane will bring nothing but cheerful memories. However, some of us will find this a dark and ...

School is back in session, bringing in the first wave of students born during the pandemic, dubbed “COVID kindergartners,” ...

The assessments were the first since the pandemic for eighth graders in science and 12th graders in reading and math. They ...