Reading, math and science FCAT scores generally improved in Volusia and Flagler counties and across Florida this year, except for a statewide dip in fifth-grade reading.
The scores, released today by the Florida Department of Education, showed the most students reading and doing math at grade level or above since 2001, although only 38 percent of [...]

Students in public schools learn as much or more math between kindergarten and fifth grade as similar students in private schools, according to a new University of Illinois study of multi-year, longitudinal data on nearly 10,000 students.
The results of the study appear in the May issue of the education journal Phi Delta Kappan.
“These data provide [...]