Student test score descriptions get a makeover: Advanced, Proficient, Developing, Minimal
State officials had to name the lowest category of student test score. They considered Standard Not Met, Inconsistent, Below ...
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution5d
Overreaction to NAEP scores does little to help students
For many educators, it’s panic time again, following the latest results of the National Assessment of Educational Progress, aka the “Nation’s Report Card,” as it has been labeled by the people who are ...
New test score labels seek positivity, ditching the term ‘standard not met’ for ‘below basic’
Officials to decide Wednesday how to describe student performance on state tests. New plan moves away from using ...
NOLA.com4d
Louisiana is revamping the way kids learn math. This math expert explains how.
A few years after the state began to push schools to adopt a new, systematic way to teach kids how to read, Louisiana ...
Commentary: Urgent new policies can turn around math, reading performance
Florida students’ low scores on the recent National Assessment for Educational Progress shows state leaders have much to do.
Commentary: Latest educational assessment is good for Florida charter schools
According to a recent educational-progress assessment test, in both reading and math, fourth and eighth-grade charter school ...
LA School Report2d
An Open Letter to Linda McMahon
Dear Madam Secretary, Congratulations and welcome to a place we once knew well. You face any number of tough challenges on ...
The Hill on MSN11d
With student scores flailing, DOGE changes to national tests raise red flags
“State tests, for example, gauge performance against states’ curriculum standards, so they’re more closely tied to what students learn in the classroom than NAEP’s measures of more generic math and ...