More than half of city public-school students still don’t have a basic grasp of math and English, according to the latest round of state test results released Wednesday.

More than half of city school kids still can't handle basic math or English, even though this year's New York state exams scores ticked up slightly, according to state data released Thursday.

Arithmetic Activity: Using Basic Facts Learning basic math facts is a critical step that allows children to progress efficiently to higher levels of mathematical thinking.

Over half of youth struggling with basic maths: ASER study While females (76%) do better than males (70.9%) in reading a Standard II level text in their regional language, males do better than ...