New study challenges effectiveness of midyear tests in schools amidst national shift away from standardized assessments
As the national conversation around standardized testing intensifies, new research published in the INFORMS journal ...
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Standards Gap: Why Many Students Score Proficient on State Tests But Not on NAEP
In three-quarters of the states, there were gaps of at least 15 points on 4th- and 8th-grade exams. In some, they were even greater.
New England’s students remain half a year behind, new analysis shows, with few bright spots
New England’s students remain half a grade behind their pre-pandemic peers in both math and reading, according to a new ...
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Opinion: Yes, Maine, test scores ‘measure what matters’
Prioritizing social-emotional learning metrics over objective measures of academic success sets students up for failure.
When reading and math scores fell, a group of New York City Catholic schools took a new approach to teaching
Only 30% of eighth graders across the U.S. are proficient in reading, according to new data. But in the Diocese of Brooklyn, ...
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Coeur d'Alene Charter Academy sweeps MathCounts competition
Coeur d'Alene Charter Academy had a strong showing at the MathCounts competition Feb. 4 at North Idaho College.
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DeepMind AI achieves gold-medal level performance on challenging Olympiad math questions
A team of researchers at Google's DeepMind project, reports that its AlphaGeometry2 AI performed at a gold-medal level when ...
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Did Zearn boost Colorado math scores? A study says yes, but an expert says questions remain.
A new report from Zearn shows the digital tool may have helped Colorado students achieve higher standardized math scores, but ...