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Southern states boost early reading, but gains stall in middle school

When Mississippi reformed its reading curriculum in 2013, scores for the state’s elementary school students soared. Inspired by the “Mississippi miracle,” other Southern states followed suit. But the ...
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LPSS: 12th and 8th-grade students will transition to in-person learning

The Lafayette Parish School System announced today that it will transition 12th-grade and 8th-grade students to daily in-person learning beginning on Monday, February 1, 2021. LPSS says that these ...
EdSource

Enjoyment of science plummeted along with scores on 8th grade national test

EdSource · Los Angeles parents fight for and win intensive tutoring for kids hurt by Covid Eighth grade students’ science test scores have fallen to the level they were in 2009, the first year the ...
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Minnesota lawmakers hoped 8th grade algebra would get far more students to calculus. It hasn’t

Eighth grade algebra teacher Rick Riccio helps students with a problem at Braham Area High School in Minnesota. Credit: Patience Zalanga/The Hechinger Report BRAHAM, Minn. — It was fourth-period Basic ...
American Enterprise Institute

Cracking the Code Behind Dismal 8th Grade Reading Scores

The most recent round of National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) results delivered a familiar gut punch: Just 30 percent of eighth graders in the United States read at or above the ...
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Proposed Huston Middle School realignment separates 5th and 8th grade students

The proposed reconfiguration of Charles A. Huston Middle School in Lower Burrell accommodates an additional grade level and separates younger students from older students without rearranging much of ...