This story has been edited to add additional information about 12th grade mathematics and reading scores. Eighth grade students’ science test scores have fallen to the level they were in 2009, the ...

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 ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Four years ago, more than 700 computer scientists competed in a contest to build artificial intelligence that could pass an eighth-grade science test. There was $80,000 in prize money ...