Declining test scores across the U.S. cause concern. So do reports on student mental health and anxiety. Now that the 2023-24 school year is in session, standardized testing and other forms of student ...

Why have student test scores been declining for a decade in America? It’s hardly breaking news that American students are behind academically from where they used to be. But the specifics can get lost ...

All around the country, school has ended for students and summer break is underway. In many schools, students spent the last few weeks of the year sitting for standardized tests to assess the year’s ...

Allowing retakes gives students another chance to learn and to demonstrate learning—the challenge is making redos work within ...

Cuts to the Department of Education are hitting national student assessments even as sirens blare on student test scores. The 17-year-old long-term National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) ...

Although national test scores provide clear evidence on student achievement across time, they do not illuminate what is driving gains or losses. Nonetheless, careful examination of test scores can ...