Assessment and testing
The Panel for Educational Policy will again postpone its vote on an upcoming contract for the Specialized High School Admissions Test as it seeks to solicit public feedback.
One superintendent wanted Colorado to remove the test scores from school ratings for a year.
Some recommendations would require legislative changes.
Students will still take Regents exams across New York, but will not be required to pass them to earn a diploma.
New York education officials are expected to unveil new details about the state’s efforts to reimagine high school graduation requirements at a Board of Regents meeting next week.
At a meeting later this month, the city’s Panel for Educational Policy will consider a contract to tap the assessment company Pearson to develop a computerized version of the test.
On Michigan’s standardized tests, Detroit charter students show some gains in comparison to previous years. But they’re still struggling to return to pre-pandemic numbers.
The city’s notoriously complex high school admissions process opened Tuesday. Middle school kicks off Oct. 9. Families will soon be able to access their random number, or 'lottery' number, in MySchools.
The latest set of state standardized test results highlight the ongoing efforts needed to help students refine English language arts and math skills following pandemic-era learning disruptions.
New York City families can apply to more than 12 high schools this year, as well as any middle school across the city, the city’s Education Department announced.
Nationwide, 356 public and private schools earned 2024 Blue Ribbon status.
Pleasant Run Elementary in Warren Township has boosted its IREAD results through an all-hands-on-deck approach that involves students and families.
Environmental hazards can contribute to higher rates of learning disabilities and behavioral issues, and should be factored into state school ratings, the district argues.
One district mistakenly sent out parent M-STEP reports with a printing error after MDE told them not to.
Tutoring failed to lift math and reading grades in a study of 7,000 students
Colorado high school students had big decreases in SAT scores which officials believe are partly due to changes to the test.
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ardona took questions from Cass Technical High School students on Thursday as part of his national back-to-school bus tour.
The public often seeks out information about school performance, but many states don't provide it in a clear and easy-to-access way, a new report says.
The declining scores are likely due at least in part to changes to the test, an official said.