Education Mass. reading, math test scores slip to 19-year low "It’s clear our students have lost ground, and we have more work ahead to recover.” ...

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Massachusetts dominated in the subjects of reading and science on a prestigious yardstick of global achievement last year, but saw its math scores slip, according to results released Tuesday.

New data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) shows Massachusetts' scores on the reading and math exams of fourth and eighth grade students have fallen to a 19-year low.

In the 2015 test results, released Tuesday, Massachusetts made the top 20 in math and the top 10 in science; in reading, it was statistically tied for first place.

Massachusetts students had the highest average cumulative score across all four test areas (fourth grade math and reading, and eighth grade math and reading) as well as scoring the best in each ...

BOSTON (CBS) - A high school math teacher in South Boston has been named the Massachusetts Teacher of the Year. Adam Gray teaches tenth-grade math at Monument High School, the first secondary ...