Narrow math tests inevitably drive down real standards because accountability pressures principals and teachers to teach to the test. Conversely, well-engineered tests of the math we actually want ...

The exams were intended to test student achievement in math. After a disastrous performance last school year by middle and high school students, the “common semester assessments” have become a test in ...

Half of Grade 6 students and 42 per cent of students in Grade 9 in Ontario did not meet the provincial standard for math in ...

This story was updated on Oct. 14, 2015. The recently released Common Core-aligned test results show the percentage of California high school students identified as ready, or on pace to be ready by ...

"I am proud of the commendable performance Kentucky students demonstrated during their assessments," Commissioner of ...