On the heels of a troubling “report card ” on reading and math skills among American students, a global test of adult skills suggests older generations may echo those problems. The 2017 results of the ...

WASHINGTON — It’s long been known that America’s school kids haven’t measured well compared with international peers. Now, there’s a new twist: Adults don’t either. In math, reading and ...

Scores from the latest round of the Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) were released on December 10 by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development ...

Four in 10 U.S. adults wish they learned more math skills in middle or high school, according to a new Gallup poll. An overwhelming majority, 95%, said the subject is very or somewhat important for ...

Among high school students and adults, girls and women are much more likely to use traditional, step-by-step algorithms to ...

(NEXSTAR) — Maybe it’s only been a few years (or a few decades) since you were in fifth grade. Regardless of how long it has been, do you think you could pass a math test administered to Rhode Island ...

(NEXSTAR) — Are you smarter than a Texas fifth-grader taking the STAAR Test? As another new school year begins, it’s never a bad idea to know what the kids are learning — or how hard the lessons are.