New federal test results show the state’s middle and elementary students still lag far behind in reading and math.
The National Assessment of Educational Progress, or NAEP, found 68 percent of Maine fourth graders and 72 percent of eighth graders are at or below the basic reading level. In math, 61 percent of ...
The state’s 8th-grade reading score was below the national average for the first time since 2015, and its 8th-grade math ...
The results also highlighted the sharp divergence between higher- and lower- achieving students. The modest progress in fourth grade math was entirely driven by high-achieving students. And the ...
Eighth-grade students showed declines in both reading and math proficiency on the 2024 NAEP, also known as the Nation’s ...