Despite promises to focus on the growing racial and income divide among the nation’s students, new fall testing data show academic gaps have worsened, falling heaviest on some of the most vulnerable ...

New data on academic performance for 1st through 8th grade students this fall in reading and math show that across the board, students are not doing as well as their peers were before the pandemic.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Due to circumstances related to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, just about four out of 10 students across New York State participated in last spring’s math and reading exams ...