TOLEDO, Ohio — Starting next week, Ohio public school students will begin the English and Language Arts portion of state testing. At Hawkins STEMM Academy, an elementary school in west Toledo, ...
State tests are a familiar annual ritual—every spring, students in grades 3-8 take exams that assess what they know and are able to do in reading and math. Mandated by federal accountability policy, ...
Two states are making moves that could upend the two-decade-old, No Child Left Behind-era model of once-a-year, standardized state exams to show whether students are meeting standards. In its place, ...