The federal No Child Left Behind Act is spurring a host of states to craft alternative state tests in reading and mathematics for children who are learning English. But the states’ efforts could be ...

Educators have been bracing for them, and now they’re here: the first state test results since COVID-19 interrupted K-12 schooling. Districts, states, and schools are poring over the data from spring ...

After five straight years of gradual improvement, standardized test scores declined significantly last year for many California students, most of whom spent 2020-21 in distance learning. Gaps in ...

A new study has found even more evidence that extended school closures during the COVID-19 pandemic contributed to considerable learning loss among American schoolchildren—this time, directly linking ...

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In a step forward from pandemic-era learning setbacks, standardized test scores in the Los Angeles school system showed gains in all tested grade levels in math and English, Supt. Alberto Carvalho ...

New York politicians are attempting to get rid of standardized testing to hide poor test scores after closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Getty Images/iStockphoto Parents were right all along — ...