Low test scores reignite effort to abolish Department of Education: ‘Total reset’
A recent nation’s report card that showed reading and math scores have not rebounded from the COVID-19 pandemic is renewing ...
Post-pandemic nose-dive: Why student test scores are raising alarms among parents and teachers
Kids now don't have the joy for reading they once did, and teachers have changed the way they teach writing in the digital ...
Kids' reading, math skills are worsening, new test scores reveal. What's going on?
Fourth and eighth graders also performed worse on the math portion of the 2024 test than they did before the pandemic. Fourth ...
Low math and English scores mark the nation's report card, California and L.A. included
Scores nationwide and in California have yet to rebound from pandemic-era declines. Some outcomes continue to get worse. Low ...
Students aren’t recovering from covid. Test scores are getting worse.
Takeaways from new federal data on student math and reading achievement detail the long and damaging road back from the ...
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Test-Optional Admissions Hurt Poor Kids
Instead of boosting the chances of low-income or first-generation students, researchers found that not sending in their scores dramatically reduced their chances of admission. "Under test score ...
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Arizona schools head reacts to struggling districts, low test scores
PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Dozens of Arizona school districts are facing rough financial futures but what’s being done at the state level? According to the Arizona Auditor General, 47 of Arizona’s ...
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Reading Scores Fall to New Low on NAEP, Fueled by Declines for Struggling Students
Studies have shown that scoring basic on NAEP is roughly equivalent to scoring “proficient” on many state tests. Students who fall below it lack important reading comprehension skills; for example, a ...
Florida reading, math scores fall to lowest mark in more than 20 years on nation’s report card
The state’s 8th-grade reading score was below the national average for the first time since 2015, and its 8th-grade math ...
Colorado students’ NAEP test scores mostly stable, as gap between low and high performers widens
Test administrators determined that none of Colorado’s average score results represented a significant change from average ...
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Low test scores reignite effort to abolish Department of Education: ‘Total reset’
wrote that “student test scores across numerous assessments peaked in the early 2010s.” The paper attributes steep declines beginning in 2012–2015 “driven largely by lower-performing ...