Public Education
Obama-era reforms spurred learning loss long before COVID-19, report saysA new report finds student learning was declining years before COVID-19 and has failed to recover for most schools, pointing to failures stemming from the Obama era. A… Read More
Politics
‘You do have to’: Trump defends restart of US nuclear weapons testing(Daily Caller News Foundation) – President Donald Trump defended his call to for the U.S. to restart nuclear weapons testing, saying Sunday on CBS’s “60 Minutes” he doesn’t want… Read More
Public Education
Poor academic outcomes persist in highly funded Oklahoma schools, report findsMore taxpayer money doesn’t necessarily result in a better education, analysts conclude in a new survey of Oklahoma public schools. “The argument that increased school funding produces better… Read More
Opinion
KS state school board should reject commissioner’s proposal to dispense with 10th grade assessment(The Sentinel) – At the February 11 State Board of Education meeting, Commissioner of Education Randy Watson told board members that he is starting the process to eliminate the… Read More
Public Education
More states lower testing standards in response to dismal student performance since COVID-19As more public school students have been failing achievement tests since the COVID-19 pandemic, an increasing number of states have decided to lower the bar on testing altogether. Read More
Opinion
Dismal 2024 Kansas school assessments confirm outcomes won’t improve until adult behaviors change(The Sentinel) – Results and reactions to the 2024 Kansas assessment could have been predicted more than a year ago, and the exact prediction will hold true for future… Read More
Public Education
ACT trims test in bid to make it easier, less expensive for students to finishACT Education Corp has announced “enhancements” to the ACT college entrance test in a bid to reduce the cost of the test and allow students… Read More
Public Education
Harvard reverses course, brings back standardized testing(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Harvard announced Thursday that it will bring back standardized testing requirements for the admission process. The Ivy League school first dropped the testing… Read More
Public Education
‘They weren’t faring as well’: Texas university reinstates standardized testing requirement(Daily Caller News Foundation) – The University of Texas (UT) Austin announced Monday it will require applicants to submit standardized test scores to boost student success. UT Austin will… Read More
Public Education
Dartmouth brings back standardized tests after extensive admissions studyDartmouth College has become the first Ivy League school to reinstate standardized testing after its own study showed test-optional policies did more harm than good. Dartmouth… Read More
Public Education
NJ teachers union calls for ending basic skills test requirement(Daily Caller News Foundation) – A New Jersey teachers union is pushing to eliminate a basic skills test for teachers, according to a statement issued Wednesday. The New… Read More
Public Education
Despite plummeting test scores, most public school parents wrongly believe their student is at or above grade levelWhile the academic decline during and since the COVID-19 pandemic is now widely known, most parents don’t realize how much their own children are struggling. The 2022 NAEP… Read More
Public Education
‘Diplomas are more like attendance certificates.’ Kansas K-12 academic achievement is plummeting despite higher graduation ratesDespite a significant decrease in attendance, declining test scores and worsening college readiness, Kansas schools are simultaneously experiencing a rise in graduation rates. How can this be?… Read More
Public Education
Major Mississippi school district puts administrators on leave, opens investigation into huge testing gainsThe Jackson Public Schools (JPS) system placed several administrators on leave pending the outcome of an investigation into testing irregularities. The suspensions were revealed just one day after… Read More
Public Education
60% of Tennessee third-graders did not meeting reading result expectations(The Center Square) – Sixty percent of Tennessee third-graders did not meet the reading score requirement on the Tennessee Comprehensive Academic Program to qualify to advance to fourth grade… Read More
Public Education
West Virginia University makes COVID-era “test-optional” policy permanentWest Virginia University announced applicants can continue to opt-out of taking entrance tests, making its pandemic “test-optional” policy permanent.WVU’s move is part of an emerging, nationwide trend away from… Read More
Culture
Columbia University ditches standardized testing requirements for admissions(Daily Caller) – Columbia University in New York City is no longer requiring undergraduate applicants to submit SAT or ACT scores to gain admission to the Ivy League school. Read More
Education
Nationwide test scores show unprecedented decline in K-12 education due to pandemic policies that kept kids out of classroomsPandemic-era shutdowns and virtual learning caused a historic setback in K-12 education, according to new national data released on Monday. The “Nation’s Report Card” released by the U.S. Department… Read More
Education
Report: Missouri students continue to lag behind pre-COVID academic levels; less than half are proficientMissouri students haven’t caught up to their pre-pandemic proficiency levels and less than half are proficient, according to the most recent data from the Missouri Department of Elementary and… Read More
Education
Kansas legislators: State board must get honest about education failures, like Gov. Youngkin in Virginia(The Sentinel) – Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin’s bleak but refreshingly honest end-of-the-school-year report on K-12 education in the commonwealth focused on many of the issues facing public schools in Kansas… Read More
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