SANTA FE, N.M. – State lawmakers are focusing on education reform, with two bills aimed at improving math and reading skills nearing approval. The bills, which have bipartisan support, cleared the ...

Last year, after decades of often bitter debate, California took an important step toward raising the abysmal levels of reading ability among many of its public school students. The Legislature passed ...

The number of public school students scoring proficient or better in English Language Arts exams went up by 7.2% this year, according to new data from the exams given to students in grades three ...

When the latest national achievement scores come out, people want to look at the change since the last time. Are things going up or down? But that short-term focus on the averages loses sight of ...