New qualitative research shows that students who were admitted through test-optional admissions generally don’t feel underqualified to attend their institutions, despite claims otherwise from those ...

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New Jersey students showed improvements in the latest round of state standardized testing — nearly six years after the COVID-19 pandemic led to a backslide in test scores, according to new state data.

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Missouri education officials are piloting a new model for the state’s decades-old standardized test, shifting the Missouri Assessment Program from a single end-of-year exam to a through-year ...

CU Boulder researchers have discovered an appetite-suppressing compound in python blood that helps the snakes consume enormous meals and go months without eating yet remain metabolically healthy. The ...

Counter to the governor’s claims, Illinois students’ scores on a national assessment have dropped despite more education spending. Gov. J.B. Pritzker recently touted Illinois eighth-graders’ reading ...

Several South Williamsport School District parents voiced concerns after they received a letter informing them that PSSA and/or Keystone Test results at the Junior/Senior High School were within the ...

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Test scores are up in Broward County Public Schools. The district is celebrating a 5% rise in a key state assessment, a splash of positive news at a time when they’re facing fiscal issues and dropping ...

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