EdSource · How a California professor once coded secrets in music (rebroadcast) Eighth grade students’ science test scores have fallen to the level they were in 2009, the first year the national test ...

He reads aloud question No. 1, and he emphasizes that students must include evidence and reasoning with their answer. “So, do not just say, ‘Yes,’” he tells his students. “Yes,” one of them responds ...

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Science is usually one of the more hands-on subjects in middle school: Students design research questions, draw diagrams, and conduct experiments. But the country’s 8th graders are less likely to do ...