For the first time since COVID-19 hit, California students demonstrated slight across-the-board gains in math, English and science according to statewide standardized testing data released Thursday.

Students in grades 3-8 and 11 are tested in math and English, and depending on their grades, science. Along with things like graduation rates, these results are one of the only statewide, annual ...

The cognitive flexibility that comes from being multilingual can give students a boost in math—if teachers know how to build on English learners’ strengths. Seventy-seven percent of 8th-grade ...