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After several years of steady recovery from pandemic learning loss, Louisiana students saw their progress stall on this year’s state math and science tests, according to new state data. English scores ...

Every fall, Oregon Department of Education releases data from the spring's standardized testing. Students in grades 3-8 and 11 are tested in English language arts and math. Science is only tested in ...