The pressure is on for students to shine on STAAR tests. Results not only affect whether they'll advance to certain grade levels, they're also used to rate school districts. "Assessment is high stakes ...

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 ...

A study of 2,000 parents finds that they’re more inclined to step in with extra help when grades, but not test scores, are slipping ...

Amid the heated debates over testing, “grading for equity,” and test-optional college admissions, it’s easy to throw up one’s hands in exasperation. That’s what makes a new book by Ethan Hutt and Jack ...

After Oklahoma lawmakers voted to override Gov. Fallin’s veto, regarding the state’s 3rd Grade Reading Test, districts now have to work fast to implement plans to decide if any of the students who ...

Former North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory is sounding the alarm about how remote learning may affect students long-term. McCrory, who’s running for U.S. Senate, talked about third-grade reading scores on ...

You could be cramming at the last minute and exhausting yourself which would have an adverse effect on grades.<BR><BR>Personally, if I actually studied, I always did exceptionally. If I studied a ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: The video above is from early June when the TEA released the STAAR EOC test scores for 2025. The Texas Education Agency released the 2025 STAAR test results Tuesday morning for grades 3 ...

Which standardized tests will my sixth grader take in North Carolina? Public and charter school students in North Carolina will take a variety of tests starting in the third grade. Those tests ...

AUSTIN, Texas (KTRK) -- The grade promotion requirement related to the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) test for 5th and 8th grade students has been waived for the upcoming ...