Gaps in achievement levels between high and low-income areas continue to remain. Elementary and middle school students have only made up some of the losses in math and reading they experienced during ...

A new international study showing a significant drop in U.S. students' math test scores is raising concerns over student performance. The National Center for Education Statistics, or NCES, released ...

One in 4 high school seniors can't read at basic level. Nov. 18, 2010 — -- A new report card on America's schoolchildren has sounded an alarm bell, underscoring just how far many of the nation's ...