Math proficiency scores dropped again among the state's 8th-grade students, according to the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP), aka the Nation's Report Card, released late last month.

For instance, in eighth grade math, the scores for the top 10% of students rose 3 points, while the bottom 10% fell 5 points. But these national numbers are hiding the fact that achievement gaps are ...

Illinois eighth grade students outperformed national averages in reading, math. Fourth grade ... eighth graders in Illinois in 2003, but that number decreased to an 18-point difference in the ...

Nationally, math and English ... to 29%. Eighth-grade reading took a tumble in L.A., from a proficiency rate of 28% to 22%. That national number was unchanged at 29%; California was at 28% ...

Math performance ... Carolina eighth-graders tested at basic, proficient or advanced levels in reading. By 2019, that dropped to 72% and by 2024, it dropped to 65%. Nationally, the numbers follow ...