Assessment and testing
State education officials are considering changing the state’s testing system at a time when students’ scores still lag behind pre-pandemic results.
A new study finds that gender gaps that had closed before COVID widened again after students returned to in-person learning.
Schools in other parts of the state faced problems administering the standardized exams, but officials say the problems have been fixed.
One amendment would create a new, potentially less drastic option for when schools or districts have five years of low ratings.
El proyecto de ley está trabajando en 30 recomendaciones para cambiar el sistema de rendición de cuentas del estado, que principalmente utiliza pruebas estatales estandarizadas para evaluar el desempeño de las escuelas y los distritos.
A task force came up with 30 recommended changes to the accountability system. House Bill 1278 takes on those suggestions and more.
Sin cambios significativos en las evaluaciones de lectura, matemáticas y ciencias, el distrito no alcanzó los objetivos fijados en su plan de mejora.
Student achievement in Union City and Hillside, among other districts, has defied national trends reaching pre-pandemic levels in reading and math.
‘The pandemic has not only driven test scores down, but that decline masks a pernicious inequality that has grown,’ one author of the new report said.
A University of Colorado Boulder researcher said the study results show Zearn Math helped students, but other factors also likely contributed to math gains.
With no significant change in reading, math, and science assessments, the district failed to meet goals outlined in its improvement plan.
Students with disabilities don’t earn diplomas when they’re on the alternate assessment track. Some parents aren’t aware of that consequence when they choose that track.
Illinois students took the test known as the “nation’s report card” in spring 2024.
Colorado has made some progress toward recovery in math, but not as much in reading.
The state bet big on tutoring and summer learning programs after the pandemic.
NAEP results released Wednesday showed little change in average math and reading scores for New Jersey, but gaps between the state’s lowest- and highest-performing students widened.
Scores for eighth grade reading and math as well as fourth grade reading are basically the same as NAEP results from 2022.
Indiana students’ NAEP scores are still lower on average than before the pandemic, but remain higher than national averages.
Fourth and eighth graders did not make significant improvements to reading and math scores on the “nation’s report card” since historic lows in 2022.
The Detroit district and Michigan NAEP scores show students haven’t fully rebounded from the pandemic, a trend that was consistent across the nation.