SEATTLE — State and federal education spending for K-12 schools in Washington is way up, but test scores in fourth grade reading and eighth grade math are dropping, according to a non-partisan ...

The state also saw 2-point gains in 4th grade reading and math, but neither was statistically significant. Keith W. Rheault, Nevada’s superintendent of public instruction, ...

It shows a 6-percentage-point decline between 2009 and 2015 in the proportion of 4th grade students who reported reading for fun in their spare time, from 44 percent to 38 percent.

In reading, Michigan’s average score declined 3 points from 212 to 209 for fourth graders — below the national average of 214 — and 4 points from 259 to 255 for eighth graders — less than ...