Some area third graders retained after retaking reading assessment
Area third graders have up to three times to pass a state-mandated third grade reading summative assessment before districts determine whether to retain them.
202 area third-graders fail reading assessment
The “gate” to the fourth grade could close on as many as 202 third-graders in the Golden Triangle, based on the results of April’s Third-Grade Reading Assessment.
Students struggle with Common Core assessment
Five years after Mississippi K-12 educators began teaching new curricula to help students meet Common Core standards, the results of the first statewide testing were released today.
Lowndes students score above average
High school students within the Lowndes County School District and the former Starkville district scored above the state average on English and algebra assessments, while Columbus Municipal School District students scored below state averages.
States move to reduce time spent on Common Core-based exam
Students in 11 states and the District of Columbia will spend less time next year taking tests based on the Common Core standards, a decision made in response to widespread opposition to testing requirements.
Public schools will get another year of relief on grades
State officials say Mississippi’s public schools will have another year to keep the high grades they have been given, even though test scores indicate lower ratings.
Mississippi approves $8.4M for Common Core tests
Mississippi’s state Board of Education has approved spending $8.4 million on standardized tests aligned with the new Common Core state standards.
Miss. Board of Education OKs Common Core courses
Mississippi’s Board of Education approved new Common Core-aligned English and math courses Friday, but not before some board members objected, saying they believe teachers and students need another year to prepare.
Miss. could adopt ACT as exit exam
Mississippi high school students could soon be using the same test to get out of high school and get into college.
American adults score poorly on global test
WASHINGTON — It’s long been known that America’s school kids haven’t measured well compared with international peers. Now, there’s a new twist: Adults don’t either.
More parents opting kids out of standardized tests
DELAWARE TOWNSHIP, N.J. — While his eighth-grade classmates took state standardized tests this spring, Tucker Richardson woke up late and played basketball in his Delaware
Miss. students slightly raise low ACT scores
JACKSON — Mississippi’s ACT scores rose slightly over the last year, although only a small fraction of Magnolia State students are truly ready for college
Mississippi educators give new tests an A
HATTIESBURG — The Common Core State Standards tests will be both less expensive and better than Mississippi’s own tests, state education officials say. The 20-state
AP-NORC Poll: Parents back high-stakes testing
WASHINGTON — Often criticized as too prescriptive and all-consuming, standardized tests have support among parents, who view them as a useful way to measure both
Six of 12 small cars do well in front crash tests
DETROIT — Six of 12 small cars performed well in front-end crash tests conducted by an insurance industry group, but some popular models fared poorly
Test fraud ringleader gets seven years
MEMPHIS — A longtime Memphis educator who helped teachers cheat on certification exams over a 15 year period was sentenced Monday to seven years in
North Korea apparently conducts third atomic test
North Korea apparently conducted a widely anticipated nuclear test Tuesday, strongly indicated by an “explosion-like” earthquake that monitoring agencies around the globe said appeared to be unnatural.
New tests could hamper food outbreak detection
It’s about to get faster and easier to diagnose food poisoning, but that progress for individual patients comes with a downside: It could hurt the nation’s ability to spot and solve dangerous outbreaks.
New push for most to get at least one HIV test
There’s a new push to make testing for the AIDS virus as common as cholesterol checks.