Texas’ annual STAAR test could be replaced with three shorter tests under a new bill headed to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk. (Yfat Yossifor | KERA) A bill to end Texas’ STAAR test in 2027 is likely to be ...

New York City elementary and middle school students scored far worse this year on their annual state math and English exams. It was the first year-to-year decline in at least four years, and reversed ...

Fewer than half of all students statewide in grades 3 through 8 who participated in the latest round of state testing scored proficient or above in English, according to a new report from the ...

This is the first time the Kansas assessment scale has changed in nearly a decade. The State Board of Education also approved new descriptors for test levels that highlight proficiency. WICHITA, ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. California’s K-12 students are emerging from the pandemic malaise, posting the most significant academic improvements ...

Massachusetts’s students are back to being the top in the U.S. for all categories in a test known as the “Nation’s Report Card” — but still remain well behind the state’s pre-pandemic scores.

I recently did a peer-reviewed deep dive into the test design documentation to figure out why the reported results weren’t showing improvement. I found the flat scores were at least in part by design.