WASHINGTON It's long been known that America's school kids haven't measured well compared with international peers. Now, there's a new twist: Adults don't either. In math, reading and problem-solving ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — It's long been known that America's school kids haven't measured well compared with international peers. Now, there's a new twist: Adults don't either. In math, reading and ...

You might find the following question on a first-grade math test: "Fill in the box: 7+2 = [blank] + 6." What you wouldn't expect is for 25 percent of incoming freshmen at a highly ranked university to ...

Adults in Japan, Canada, Australia, Finland and multiple other countries scored significantly higher than the United States in all three areas on the test. Beyond basic reading and math, respondents ...

Adults in the U.S. fall behind many of their developed-world counterparts in such basic areas as math, reading and problem-solving using technology, according to a newly released report authored by ...

There's a fundamental math skill that many Americans never learn, leading to many negative repercussions later in life, according to new research. It's called number system knowledge and refers to the ...

As a university president, I am concerned about implications that may stem from comments by adults who took a portion of the mathematics section of the NECAP test ("Adults sumped by math required for ...