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Other UCs are tracking similar trends, but UC San Diego’s problem is “significantly worse,” the report states.

A sharp rise in students without middle school-level math skills is raising alarms among educators and policymakers.

Newly released data from state assessments show just half of Illinois public school students could read at grade level and 2-in-5 could do math proficiently in 2025. That’s after the state lowered ...