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

Why it matters: Students across age groups demonstrated continued declines in reading comprehension despite efforts to reverse the slip.Gaps between high- and low-achieving students have also widened.

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

Illinois’ eighth graders outperformed the national average in both math and reading, according to the 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress results.

Linda McMahon's claim that 70% of 8th-graders 'can't read proficiently' lacks a bit of reading comprehension. ... and 67% of eighth-graders in 2024 met that standard. On May 15, 2025, ...

Illinois eighth grade students outperformed national averages in reading, math. Fourth grade, eighth grade, and the 12th grade are tested, but the 12th grade results have not yet been released.

SEATTLE — State and federal education spending for K-12 schools in Washington is way up, but test scores in fourth grade reading and eighth grade math are dropping, according to a non-partisan ...

This chart above shows that the highest-performing eighth graders failed to catch up to what high-achieving eighth graders used to be able to do on reading comprehension tests. But it’s not a giant ...

Overall, Savannah-Chatham students' GMAS outcomes held steady over last year with a few gains in reading and a decline in middle grades science. GMAS results are in!: More than 1/3 of 3rd and 8th ...

The nation's young people scored an average 5 points lower in reading than kids who tested before the COVID-19 pandemic in 2019, from 220 to 215 for fourth graders and from 263 to 258 for eighth ...

Illinois eighth grade students outperformed national averages in reading, math. Fourth grade, eighth grade, and the 12th grade are tested, but the 12th grade results have not yet been released.

In 2024, the average reading score for an eighth-grade Utah student was 261, down from 265 just two years earlier. In addition, the percentage of students scoring below the Basic level increased ...