US school kids showing slight improvement in math

WASHINGTON — Some progress. Still needs improve­ment. The nation’s report card on math and read­ing shows fourth– and eighth-graders scor­ing their best ever in math and eighth graders mak­ing some progress in read­ing. But the results released Tues­day are a stark reminder of just how far the nation’s school kids are from achiev­ing the No Child Left Behind law’s goal that every child in Amer­ica be pro­fi­cient in math and read­ing by 2014.