Mercer Island police investigating possible murder-suicide of mother and son Mercer Island Police are investigating a possible murder-suicide at a home on Wembley Lane.Police say officers were called ...

Alabama made the biggest gains in the country in fourth grade math this year, new data shows, with scores reaching within one point of the national average. The state’s dramatic climb on the Nation’s ...

The numbers for the state's fourth-grade writing tests should be out, but they are not because there is a problem with the scores. State school leaders held up grading of tests to check reliability of ...

According to a report released Wednesday by the "Nation's Report Card," New York City fourth and eighth graders still lag behind state and national averages in math and reading. EduLife Photos - stock ...

Ohio legislators are poised to consider a broad overhaul of the state’s testing and accountability systems this spring, following the release of a long-awaited report calling for new standards-based ...

Michigan children may be significantly lagging behind in fourth-grade reading, eight-grade math and overall in certain K-12 student groups compared to the rest of the country, according to a new study ...

The pandemic has smacked American students back to the last century in math and reading achievement, according to the tests known as the Nation’s Report Card. Results for students who took the test in ...

Any hopes of New Jersey's public school students bouncing back to the levels of academic standing they had before the COVID-19 pandemic were dashed Wednesday, based on data published in the Nation's ...