Boise State Public Radio

Some education experts push for high-stakes testing to address declining academic performance

Reading and math scores are down to their lowest levels in more than 20 years, according to the latest data from the National ...
WAMC

As the specter of high stakes testing once again looms over Massachusetts students, Berkshire education leaders share differing perspectives

This summer, Tim Callahan began his role as superintendent of the North Adams Public Schools. With its 1,200 students and four schools, the district serves the second-largest community in Berkshire ...
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Bring Back High-Stakes School Testing

On this episode of The David Frum Show, The Atlantic’s David Frum opens with reflections on the strange and revealing controversy over Donald Trump’s rumored commemorative coin and what it says about ...
Berkshire Eagle

Proposal to redefine graduation standards raises fears of high-stakes testing’s return

Is high-stakes testing as a graduation requirement about to make a comeback in Massachusetts? In a preliminary draft from the co-chairs of a state panel charged with setting new graduation standards, ...
Washington Examiner

Ron DeSantis notes education improvements in move away from ‘high-stakes’ testing

Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) celebrated the nearly one million Florida students deemed at or above their respective grade levels in the state’s new system, which shifts away from end-of-year testing. The ...
The Boston Globe

State mulls end-of-course tests, but officials insist they won’t be another high-stakes graduation exam

WORCESTER — Just a year after Massachusetts voters resoundingly overturned using the 10th grade MCAS exam as a graduation requirement, state leaders are sparking debate by recommending end-of-course ...