Newly released data from a crucial national test revealed historically low scores in two major subjects for 12th graders across the country, further emphasizing that U.S. students have struggled to ...

The board that sets policy for the National Assessment of Educational Progress has revised the blueprint for the 12th grade math version of the exam in an attempt to make the test better reflect the ...

National tests for high school seniors show declines among low-performing students, and officials are overlooking an obvious reason: standard teaching methods conflict with scientific evidence. Scores ...

Recently the Colorado Department of Education released the first-ever scores from the new PARCC tests, Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Career, the new standardized tests for ...

In 2005, Oklahoma's reading and math standards were rated easier than average; by 2007, they decreased the rigor even more, making all their tests among the easiest to pass in the nation, and below ...