A new book argues for the importance of national assessments in the U.S. but overlooks the negative impact of "reading" tests. Few Americans know much about the standardized tests collectively known ...
“Data-driven” instruction makes sense only if the data that’s driving it makes sense. And much of the data used to guide reading instruction doesn’t. Throughout the school year, classrooms across the ...
Remember those devastating learning losses that began during the pandemic? Turns out, they began years before COVID-19. Some ...
A student takes a math class to study for the STAAR state standardized tests in this archive photo. Ron Jenkins Star-Telegram file photo The season of state testing has recently passed for elementary ...
Student reading scores were declining before the COVID-19 pandemic. Then, the slide got worse. Recent bright spots of ...