McMahon appeared to be referencing National Assessment of Educational Progress proficiency scores, which do not indicate grade-level performance.

Recent STAAR test results show that while Texas students increased literacy rates slightly, nearly half of students in third ...

Chicago-area schools with the highest percentage of students in the top 25% on standardized reading comprehension or language arts tests:ReadingWood Oaks Jr. High, Northbrook 81.5Young Academic ...

Before the pandemic, eighth graders’ reading comprehension declined substantially.Since then, scholars have been trying to figure out why their scores dropped so much between 2017 and 2019 on a highly ...

Sampled students in the eighth grade across the country are tested for math and reading comprehension on the National Assessment of Educational Progress, which the U.S. Department of Education ...

ARLINGTON, Va. — Eighth-grade students in the overseas Department of Defense Dependents Schools outperformed all their U.S.-based peers for a first-place finish in reading comprehension in ...

What's True: In 2024, 70% of U.S. eighth-graders did not meet the "National Assessment of Educational Progress Proficient" reading achievement level on a test often referred to as the "Nation's ...