Louisiana students had among the most academic growth last school year, with the state noted as one of the top three for growth in both reading and math since 2022, according to a new report.

According to the new report, students' test scores, especially in reading, started declining around 2013, and students' reading scores before the onset of the pandemic from 2017 to 2019 were already dropping and as bad as they were during the pandemic between 2019 and 2022.

Catch Up and Read celebrated more than 1,000 students with Reading Rallies, spotlighting big gains in reading and confidence this school year.

U.S. students’ math scores lag behind also dreary reading ones and have struggled even before the pandemic, but changes to the math curriculum to combat the problem have been slow moving. Over the past few years, reading curricula have seen changes in ...

The latest findings by researchers at Harvard and Stanford are based on 2024-25 state test results, combined with national assessment data, to pinpoint trends in learning.

With fewer and shorter COVID-related school closures, Wyoming experienced less learning loss than other states, which means it didn’t have as much to make up. The post Wyoming students lag in post-pandemic recovery of math,