The government’s policy of making students resit maths and English GCSEs is “not fit for purpose”, education leaders have warned. Politicians have been urged to “rethink” how young people are ...

GCSE resits for English and Maths could be scrapped after the pass rate fell to its lowest level in a decade. The current model requires students who fail these two core subjects at GCSE level to ...

Maths and English requirements for apprentices could be scrapped to boost Britain’s home-grown workforce. Trainees must currently pass numeracy and literacy tests before starting their roles if they ...

Washington students are posting some of their best test scores in math and English in quite some time. “The rate of progress for the first time in years, the growth that we see in our students from ...

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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.

New York state is preparing to lower its minimum test scores for student proficiency in math and English following what an official described as a "learning loss" during the coronavirus pandemic. The ...

More than half of city public school students still don’t have a basic grasp of math and English, according to the latest round of state test results released Wednesday. Overall, 46.7 percent of kids ...

For those who fail to get C grades at GCSE, English and maths will have to be taken until the age of 18 Teenagers in England who fail to achieve at least a grade C in English and maths GCSEs will have ...

SCHOOLS should teach maths and English in the afternoon because that is when children are at their best, according to new research. A study of nine to 11-year-olds found they were more alert later in ...