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 ...

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 ...

EdSource · From a juvenile facility to a college dorm room Eighth grade students’ science test scores have fallen to the level they were in 2009, the first year the national test was given. The latest ...

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