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Some 4th and 12th grade tests won't proceed as planned, following sweeping cuts to the U.S. Department of Education research ...

The Nation's Report Card shows math achievement scores are still low. It's time to take action to ensure all students can ...

We should replace disparate state tests with a single national assessment for all fourth and eighth graders annually.

Thirty percent of Illinoisan fourth graders were reading at or above a proficient level last year, according to the results ...

The Youngkin administration wants to align Virginia’s grading scale with the “proficient” category on the National Assessment of Educational Progress, a congressionally mandated assessment.

We currently lack informative data on the quality of our public schools for all students and the number who lack access to ...

An audit of D.C. Public Schools' found staffing levels in the district have increased at a rate of seven-and-a-half times ...

A department official during the president’s first term, he argues that the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), the law that ...

At a recent virtual discussion on the future of state testing, Maryland education chief Carey Wright drew a line in the sand.

Governor Tate Reeves has doted on Mississippi’s students this week after Urban Institute released its 2024 adjusted NAEP ...

According to the 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress, nearly one in four fourth-grade students failed to meet basic math proficiency. Performance in areas such as number operations ...