EdSource · How one student became a powerful voice for others with disabilities Eighth grade students’ science test scores have fallen to the level they were in 2009, the first year the national test ...

He reads aloud question No. 1, and he emphasizes that students must include evidence and reasoning with their answer. “So, do not just say, ‘Yes,’” he tells his students. “Yes,” one of them responds ...

The latest release of 8th grade National Assessment of Educational Progress scores last month revealed a troubling reality: ...

In 2013, the California State Board of Education approved new science standards for K through 12 classes. They're called the Next Generation Science Standards and put a stronger emphasis on actually ...

Students in the 4th and 8th grades are showing more mastery of science, but high school seniors’ scores on the assessment known as “the nation’s report card” stayed flat from 2009. The results ...

White lab coat buttoned, glasses perched firmly on his head, eighth-grade science teacher Todd Munoz lies flat on the classroom table. Atop his stomach is a bowling ball. Next to him is a student ...

I want you to think back to your eighth grade science class. For some of us, this walk down memory lane will bring nothing but cheerful memories. However, some of us will find this a dark and ...