Five years after pandemic disruptions, New Jersey students are still showing uneven academic recovery on the NJSLA exams.

December 4, 2025 - A new literacy intervention program is being rolled out in San Diego, Alameda, San Mateo and Riverside counties, to help teenagers in juvenile detention grasp the basics of reading.

With a federal testing deadline looming, now is the time for states to improve their science assessments. Beginning just three years from now, with the 2007-08 school year, states will be required ...

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New science tests are rolling out across the country, but some teachers are worried that they will include a lot of questions on subjects their students haven’t studied. With schools in spring-testing ...

The State Board of Education is moving forward with plans to add the state’s science assessment to the California School Dashboard, making it a new piece of the statewide school accountability system.

Half or nearly half of all Connecticut public school students make the grade on a new test based on a new set of science standards. Out Wednesday, results of the 2019 Next Generation Science Standard ...

Science educators spend a lot of time debating what students need to learn to be considered scientifically literate. Despite our best intentions, many of these conversations boil down to a ...

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Scores on national science tests fit a disturbing pattern of declining performance among low-achievers, and the officials who oversee the test have provided conflicting explanations. Recent results ...