Md. 4th-graders show progress; no Va. gains D.C. public and charter school students showed significant progress on the most recent round of national math tests, but not enough to nudge the District out of last place compared with the 50 states.

Maryland fourth-graders bucked national trends by showing improvements on the National Assessment of Educational Progress, often called “The Nation’s Report Card.” But the state’s eighth-grade scores stagnated. In Virginia, both grade levels failed to earn significant gains since the last exam in 2007.