The last time math performance was this low for 13-year-olds was in 1990.
Elizabethton City Schools in Tennessee provided English tutoring this year for 404 elementary and middle school students with the increased funding.
New York City is mandating that all of its elementary schools change how they teach reading. Some may not make the change willingly.
Over the last two decades, thousands of New York City children have struggled to pick up reading skills. Now, schools will be forced to change how they teach reading.
The dip in civics performance was the first decline since the test began being administered in the late 1990s.
Anthony Cruz, a third-grader at P.S. 11 in the Bronx, used to hate going to school because he struggled with reading.