A student takes a computer-based test in this file photo. California officials this week debated what to call it when a student has a low test score. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP) The State Board of Education ...

One elementary school showed dramatic increases. The high school recorded impressive improvement in biology. Most of Cape Girardeau's public schools are showing a line that points in a positive ...

Reading scores for Erie third-graders are improving. And that's good news for their future prospects in school and beyond. Third grade is a kind of watershed year in education. Through third grade, ...

(The Center Square) – An annual federal report card shows California student performance for reading and math has declined in three of four measured metrics over the past two years despite significant ...

The National Assessment of Educational Progress is a federal program that measures student achievement at three grades (4, 8, 12) across a range of skills, subjects and variables. Student achievement ...

The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) reports student achievement in terms of four levels: Below Basic, Basic, Proficient, and Advanced. The last two categories are usually combined ...

Consider two California schools. Both schools have 40 percent of students scoring proficient on state tests. Because both schools are well short of the state’s accountability targets, they are subject ...

The State Board of Education on Wednesday approved new labels to inform families and teachers about how students are performing on state standardized tests, aiming to provide clear descriptions that ...