A group of students begins an in-class writing test. According to new data analysis, half of U.S. eighth graders have difficulty with long-form writing on tests and classwork that involves reading.

January 8, 2026 - It's time for John Fensterwald's annual predictions for what's in store for education in 2026. As states across the nation release their annual data from tests administered to ...

For the first time in at least five years, New Hampshire elementary and middle school students who take the state’s writing tests will have their essays scored by humans, rather than computers.

Students have made some progress toward academic recovery, but overall achievement hasn’t yet reached pre-pandemic levels, new test results show. The data are from the COVID-19 School Data Hub, a 2021 ...

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