Reading scores for the nation’s 12th-grade students have increased somewhat since they dropped to a historic low in 2005, according to results of the largest federal test, released Thursday. Average ...

The assessment also tested about 19,300 twelfth-grade students from 1,500 schools in math and 24,300 students from 1,500 schools in reading. The decline in scores echoed testing data released earlier ...

Newly released data from a crucial national test revealed historically low scores in two major subjects for 12th graders across the country, further emphasizing that U.S. students have struggled to ...