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 ...

Note: This story has been updated with clarification from the New York State Department of Education. New York state is changing the minimum scores required to be considered proficient on state math ...

Nationwide scores plummeted in math and fell significantly in reading in 2022 on the National Assessment of Educational Progress or NAEP, providing new evidence of the pandemic’s unparalleled impact ...

Kaicey Baylor joined WJZ as a reporter in October 2024. Before coming to Charm City, she spent the last three years as a morning reporter and multiskilled journalist at 13News Now in Norfolk, Virginia ...