In listening sessions with state leaders over the last few weeks, Georgia teachers voiced concerns about a test-based accountability system that demands all students be at the same place at the same ...
In 2024, 70% of U.S. eighth-graders did not meet the "National Assessment of Educational Progress Proficient" reading achievement level on a test often referred to as the "Nation's Report Card." ...
At Patterson High School in Baltimore, 77% of students tested at an elementary-school reading level at the beginning of the 2021-2022 school year. A teacher at the high school, which has a 61% ...
As the first wave of Texas students sit down to take the state standardized test this week, many parents, educators and lawmakers are wondering whether those tests are fair. Some are convinced the ...
RALEIGH, N.C.— Starting in third grade, your child will begin taking standardized tests in North Carolina. What do they take and when? It all depends on the grade and school district they are in. What ...
Like other school districts in Northwest Arkansas, Fayetteville is expecting to hold back some third-grade students next year ...
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 ...
After switching its elementary reading curriculum to one aligned with the science of reading, Denver Public Schools is celebrating an increase in the percentage of kindergarten through third grade ...
A new analysis confirms that a widely used non-verbal cognitive assessment measures intelligence consistently across ...