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New standardized test scores show students in Massachusetts are still recovering from learning losses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic — but critics say those results are hiding a more complicated reality.

State education officials ordered the cancellation of computerized testing for New York’s third through eighth grade students on Wednesday, after a…

The results of this year’s Common Core related standardized tests show scores for New York’s school children inching up. Around one fifth of the children…

Skidmore’s Class of 2021 will have something new in the application process: the choice of whether or not to include their SAT or ACT test scores.The…

Third through eighth grade students finished Common Core English language arts exams this week. And with another year of testing comes another year of…

This summer, I returned to New York to take the job of State Education Commissioner. I was born, raised, and began my career here as a social studies…

A new school year is starting soon, and education officials say they will try to reverse a growing movement of parents having their children opt out of…

The debates over standardized testing, teacher evaluations and opting out of the tests by students with the backing of their parents were all renewed…

Connecticut high school juniors may no longer have to take a controversial standardized test. Earlier this week the Senate voted 33-3 to relieve…

The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond.Today's panelists are WAMC's Alan Chartock, SUNY Albany Journalism…