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Oregon students haven’t recovered from pandemic, 2024 scores reveal

Pandemic-induced learning loss is still plaguing students in Oregon, according to the latest test scores. The Oregon Department of Education (ODE) released its 2024 assessment results, revealing… Read More

By Jillian Schneider
October 4, 2024
Public Education
School-level ACT scores show frightening declines since 2015 in Kansas

(The Sentinel) – ACT scores for individual high schools in Kansas show concerning declines since 2015 in most cases. The statewide composite in 2015 was 21.9 but fell steadily to… Read More

By Dave Trabert
August 5, 2024
Public Education
Maine’s once-great public schools have fallen behind, research reveals

Once the premier state for public education, Maine has since fallen to below the middle of the pack. The Maine Policy Institute (MPI) set out to discover why. Its new… Read More

By Jillian Schneider
April 24, 2024
Public Education
Colleges crack down on use of AI in classrooms after dozens of cheating students reported

College professors across the country are working to “ChatGPT-proof” their assignments after educators reported “dozens” of cheating students. Timothy Main, a writing professor at Conestoga College in Canada, said the… Read More

By Faith Perkins
August 11, 2023
Public Education
Florida may become the first state to approve classical admissions test for college

A Florida college board could make the state the first to offer a classical exam for public college admissions as an alternative to the SAT and ACT. The proposed college… Read More

By Faith Perkins
August 8, 2023
Public Education
Report: More Ohio students score at lowest levels on state tests

(The Center Square) – Nearly a quarter of Ohio students scored at the lowest level on state performance tests in 2022, which rose to nearly one-half in other districts, according… Read More

By J.D. Davidson
April 25, 2023
Opinion
Standardized testing must be ditched in favor of ‘performance-based assessment,’ says NEA. Not so fast

Standardized testing is failing students and should be dumped, the National Education Association argues. “Most of us know that standardized tests are inaccurate, inequitable, and often ineffective at gauging… Read More

By Joe Herring
April 12, 2023
Culture
College prep test that raises the bar sees rapid growth during pandemic

Imagine a college admissions test that you take from home, is only two hours long, and helps you gain entrance into the university of your dreams. Read More

By Shanxi Omoniyi
January 14, 2022