WASHINGTON — Sometimes the best isn't good enough: Most American fourth and eighth graders still lack basic skills in math and science despite record high scores on a national exam. Yes, today's ...

More than half of city public school students still don’t have a basic grasp of math and English, according to the latest round of state test results released Wednesday. Overall, 46.7 percent of ...

However, our results don’t show that relationship.” In fact, the percentage of students below basic increased in math in grades 8 and 12 and in reading at all three grades in 2019.