Standardized Testing News

A San Joaquin Valley teacher hopes money will motivate California students to improve their standardized test scores.3.2

Labour is tempting graduates with a $300 million election sweetener despite claiming the country cannot afford tax cuts.

The Louisiana Department of Education released this morning the individual school scores for three major standardized tests.3.1

"Why not? I don't know. Because you have to." How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll Tootsie Pop? "I never actually got all the way there.2.7

Gov. M. Jodi Rell, despite some misgivings, has signed a bill that authorizes the state to sue the federal government over the No Child Left Behind law.2.7

Rockingham County Schools will likely create a new policy outlining how all employees should treat students, parents and each other.2.7

Ginninderra school consultation criticised. 26/07/2005. ABC News Online ABC Home Radio Television ... 8:25pm (AEST) Ginninderra school consultation criticised The ACT Opposition says the community consultation over the future of the Ginninderra district high school are a sham.2.7

Last month, members of the C.A. Track Club of Oakland traveled to an AAU qualifying meet in Visalia.3.1

Education officials are weighing whether low scores on a relatively new history exam should count toward a school's accreditation.2.7

Late last week I took the ASVAB, the military standardized test, and did surprisingly well.3.1

Terryln Smock worried that her daughter might not do well enough on the SAT exam for U.S. college admission.2.7

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Richfield Intermediate School will remain an intermediate school. The Board of Education voted 4-2 last week to reject a proposed reconfiguration plan for the district's elementary schools.2.7

Nearly every day we hear what's wrong with kids. Social scientists document rising rates of teen pregnancy and juvenile crime.2.7

Mixed reactions from the education sector met President Arroyo's speech as she boasted of additional 30,000 classrooms in four years and the additional support for the country's embattled pre-need education ...2.7

Bruce Wilmoth, School of Physical Education 293-3295, ext. 5286 DIVING INTO FITNESS, CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT - This Morgantown youngster was among the more than 200 participants from across Monongalia County who ...1.3

Buffalo State College has received a $440,337 grant from the federal Department of Education to continue its Upward Bound program, which aids students who are from low-income families or who are the first in ...2.7

By Kelly McBride Journal staff STEVENS POINT - They may not have the notoriety of the 10,000 Maniacs or Minnesota's 10,000 lakes, but the 10,000 annual volunteer hours donated by University of Wisconsin-Stevens ...2.7

Mobile County public school students, particularly those in middle and high schools, aren't doing well on the standardized tests administered by the system each quarter, according to officials.2.7

In a cavernous hall at Colorado College, some 60 students listen to Professor Tom Drucker lecture on the history of mathematics.2.9

Indiana is on the verge of joining the newest wave in charter schools: Point. Click. Graduate.2.7

State education officials are seeking to intervene in Baltimore public schools to address what the state calls "a failure of extraordinary magnitude" in the education of disabled students, a development in ...2.7

Both Oxford and Cambridge, however, have new fund-raising efforts under way. "Fund-raising is a topic we have to approach very carefully because it is not ingrained in the culture of these universities like it ...2.7

With school still about a month away, Katie Donovan wasn't too worried about starting shopping for school uniforms and supplies for her son who's about to enter pre-kindergarten. "I was going to wait a couple ...2.7

Poudre School District board of education members walked away from a three-day retreat Saturday with a clear vision of their goals for the district over the next three to five years.2.7

Russ Miller, a tutoring company executive, says he is pretty excited about the business these days.2.7

Before we started this program, there was no way they would be hoping to take AP classes, and now they see something they can achieve, Natividad said.2

State comptroller Daniel Hynes criticized the state's decision to slash funding for a merit scholars program and said he will seek to have the scholarships restored in the November veto session.2.7

Jocelyne Alva sat in an air-conditioned classroom at Pasadena High School last week, working on inverse trigonometry functions while the temperature outside climbed to around 100.2.7

Anne Ryman The Arizona Republic Jul. 24, 2005 12:00 AM In an age of e-mail and text messaging, ... His Scottsdale school has found a new way to emphasize the importance of handwriting.2.9

High school students can enroll in up to six hours per semester on a tuition-free basis at Rogers State University, beginning this fall.2.7

The LearningExpress Library is now available through the Web site of the Harris-Elmore Public Library.2.7

South Bend schools finds five-week program sparks achievement gains. By MICHAEL WANBAUGH Tribune Staff Writer SOUTH BEND -- Here inside Nuner Primary Center in the city's River Park neighborhood, it resembles ...2.1

Inverness Christian Academy's leader says a building addition provides space for new opportunities now as well as in the future.2.7

Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Jon Corzine yesterday unveiled a plan to spend $15 million per year to make college more affordable and available to state students.2.7