Fewer than one-third of American 8th graders are proficient in science, but most students are improving, and achievement gaps are closing between students who are black or Hispanic and their white ...

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 ...

Over 1,000 8th grade girls from around the area attended to see what careers in STEM can look like for them.

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 ...

Seventh- and eighth-grade students can apply by April 11 to attend a free science education expedition into the Brooks Range ...

AUSTIN, Texas -- A Republican-controlled Texas State Board of Education on Friday rejected seven of 12 proposed science textbooks for eighth graders that for the first time will require them to ...

Northwestern Middle School eighth-grade science classes have been participating in several science experiments. Most recently, the students were treated to a demonstration about weather by ...

GREENWICH — Despite school just breaking for the summer, some of the incoming eighth-graders in the Greenwich Public Schools are exploring possible science projects. Why? A new class is coming next ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Eighth-graders in suburban Chicago and Colorado Springs, Colo., scored among the best in the world in a test of math and science knowledge. On the whole, though, students in the ...

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts eighth-graders are among the smartest in the world when it comes to math and science, according to a new study of academic performance released Tuesday. The Trends in ...