It’s hard enough for fluent English-speaking parents to understand complex test scores and measures used to track students’ progress. But what about parents who don’t speak English well and aren’t ...

Teachers have long known that not every student is perfectly suited to traditional classroom setups, but with budgets tight, doling out individual attention is not always a reality. What if there was ...

Officials at a local private school are using the power of data to measure whether their students are passionate about learning or just phoning it in. Engagement has been a buzzword in the past decade ...

When No Child Left Behind passed back in 2002, Congress enthusiastically proclaimed that 100 percent of American students would be proficient in reading and math by 2014. What they didn’t expect was ...

(This story was updated because an earlier version included an inaccuracy.) Corrections & Clarifications: The graph and related information about math performance have been updated to use the correct ...