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November 5, 2020
Federal education officials said they will not waive testing requirements for the 2020-21 school year.
November 4, 2020
The State Board of Education will vote this week on whether to shorten the state’s annual standardized tests in math and English language arts.
April 9, 2020
ACT and SAT are better measures of college readiness than state tests, proponents say.
March 11, 2020
School districts can't cancel testing without approval, but they can delay it to later in the school year.
December 5, 2019
California’s largest school district published academic growth data, which measure how students improve from year to year.
October 29, 2019
UC should not wait for a study on standardized testing, group says.
October 17, 2019
Frustration with the pace of redesign surfaces at Stege Elementary, selected for an overhaul as one of California's lowest-performing schools.
October 13, 2019
In veto message, Newsom says giving districts the test option would widen inequities in college admission that the bill was intended to narrow.
October 11, 2019
This week: We explore confounding math test scores with Silicon Valley Education Foundation's CEO and evidence of adversity facing black youths in LA.
October 11, 2019
Analytical tools that are available but not used can help schools better understand how to improve student performance.
October 10, 2019
Readers can access results for California’s Smarter Balanced tests taken by students in the spring in nearly 10,000 school statewide.
October 9, 2019
Average scores have been rising in English language arts, but dropping in math as students progress through middle and high school — a cause for worry.
August 9, 2019
This week: We take a look at some of the key issues that California lawmakers will take up next week when they end their summer vacation.
June 6, 2019
At least 92 percent of students have access to the minimum internet speed needed, but some districts have to stagger test-takers to avoid glitches.
May 26, 2019
College admissions tests rank students on a curve rather than measuring how well they are meeting state standards and are weaker predictors of college performance than high-school grades.
