Joseph Spector, Albany Bureau ChiefPublished 1:41 p.m. ET April 11, 2018 ALBANY — Some students taking multiple-choice exams on computers had all the possible answers show up as “system error.” Other schools couldn’t log into the exams at all Wednesday morning, while others reported having students’ work lost when the system crashed. The state Education…
Category: Testing
Report: North Dakota Student Test Scores Remain Stagnant
Results of a national assessment show reading and math scores of fourth- and eighth-grade students in North Dakota had little improvement since 2015. April 11, 2018, at 3:42 p.m. BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Results of a national assessment show reading and math scores of fourth- and eighth-grade students in North Dakota made little improvement since 2015. The…
In California, national test scores show enduring achievement gaps
By JOY RESMOVITS APR 09, 2018 | 9:00 PM Every two years, the nation’s fourth- and eighth-graders are tested in math and reading — and newly released results from last year’s tests give California at least a little reason to be pleased. The 2017 results — out Monday night — were mostly flat nationwide, though the average…
Test Scores Show Students Made Little Progress in National Exam
By Tawnell D. Hobbs Updated April 9, 2018 11:26 p.m. ET American students had nearly flat results in math and reading on a national exam, continuing a pattern of stagnation over most of the past decade, as some of the lowest performers fell further behind. Eighth-graders made the only statistically significant gain—1 point—in reading, for…
Massachusetts Test Scores Top Nation’s School Districts Again
Fourth- and eight-graders in the Bay State outperformed their peers on the National Assessment of Educational Progress exams in 2017. by HAYLEY GLATTER· 4/10/2018, 9:05 a.m. It may supposedly be lonely at the top, but we’d say the view is just fine from up here. The latest results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress exams were…
Alabama’s national test scores still low, but not last
By Trisha Powell Crain tcrain@al.com Results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress, or NAEP, released Tuesday, show Alabama’s scores in fourth- and eighth-grade reading and math remain unchanged from 2015, the last time the tests were given. Scores at the national level were flat, too, except in eighth-grade reading, where scores increased. Scores in Alabama were…
What Would it Cost to Get All Students to Average? {#iBelieve}
By The Hechinger Report, Contributor March 26, 2018, at 11:30 a.m. Most low-income schools don’t receive enough money to help kids hit average math and reading scores, a new study shows. HOW MUCH DOES IT COST to educate a child? It often feels like policymakers pick numbers out of a hat. Utah spends less than $7,000 a year on…
No Child Left Behind: An Overview
By Alyson Klein (@politicsk12) The No Child Left Behind law—the 2002 update of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act—effectively scaled up the federal role in holding schools accountable for student outcomes. In December 2015, Congress passed the Every Student Succeeds Act to replace NCLB. ESSA moved in the opposite direction—it seeks to pare back the federal role…
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