SEATTLE -- The teachers and parents gathered in the Seattle NAACP office Tuesday afternoon represent the growing "Opt-Out" movement against the new state required standardized test - a test that the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Vermont students will be taking a different standardized test this spring. Students will no longer take the Smarter Balanced ...

SEATTLE -- Amid the growing number of parents who are having their students "opt out" of the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) tests, at one Seattle elementary school not a single student ...

A state-commissioned investigation has found a “preponderance of evidence” suggesting that a Connecticut principal “intentionally manipulated” student answers on standardized tests, according to a ...

TOWNSHEND — School officials throughout the state are raising alarms related to the implementation of new standardized testing after Cognia replaced Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium. “It is an ...

“Statistical calculations based on warped figures lead to confusion, frustration and wrong decisions.” These wise words from W. Edwards Deming are most timely as the educational community awaits the ...

The Smarter Balanced assessment is the first one to measure Montana student progress under the state’s more rigorous Common Core standards for math and English language arts. It’s also the first time ...

The specter of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to loom over Vermont students, as evidenced by the state's recent release of scores on statewide tests from 2022. The year saw very few gains in ...

Despite being given the choice to opt out because of technical problems, Missoula County Public Schools and several other districts will continue with their Smarter Balanced testing. This is the ...