Beyond The Score: Why Growth Matters More Than Performance

A single test score can't capture how a child learns or how far they've grown. It's time for schools to measure what truly ...
Education Week

Grades and Standardized Test Scores Aren’t Matching Up. Here’s Why

Major decisions that affect the trajectory of students’ lives hinge on their high school grades: in-class support they might or might not receive, college admission offers, and potentially financial ...
Portland Press Herald

Opinion: Yes, Maine, test scores ‘measure what matters’

The recent release of the 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) results brought unwelcome news: Maine’s math scores have not significantly improved since the lows of 2022, and ...
Los Angeles Times

New test score labels seek positivity, ditching the term ‘standard not met’ for ‘below basic’

The state Board of Education is slated to decide on new standardized test score descriptions. There’s debate over the best way to describe students who are not proficient. The newly proposed terms for ...
The Texas Tribune

After six years of low scores for students learning English, Texas educators say it’s the test’s fault

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Medical Xpress

A single blood test can measure how different parts of our bodies are aging

Our bodies do not age at a uniform rate. The speed at which one organ ages can differ greatly from another due to a range of lifestyle, environmental and genetic factors. Conventional tests provide a ...

Vermont working to improve education outcomes as test scores are mixed nationally

The Nations Report Card is out Wednesday measuring specific student achievement from 2022-25. 9-year-old students saw ...
Military.com

How Do You Measure Up? Here's How Soldiers Are Scoring on the Army Combat Fitness Test.

Most soldiers in the Army are passing the service's physical fitness test -- 98% of active-duty men and 95% of active-duty women -- after troops have been taking it for about five years, according to ...