The varieties and scoring of the tests, especially a new one, can leave parents puzzled. 'Is my child getting a good education?' is the most important question.

Roger H. Weaver is headmaster of Crossroads School for Arts and Sciences in Santa Monica. Everyone is painfully aware that the educational infrastructure of this country is hurting. Teachers are ...

Students in Joliet School District 86 will be taking a different type of placement test in March.Carol Sossong, administrative assistant for school implementation, said the California Achievement ...

California achievement test OPS students have taken this national test for nearly two decades. While the CAT is no longer a priority test for the district, it does display some long-term patterns.

California's test scores have yet to recover from steep declines since 2020, ... Given “the relationship between student advantage and achievement, California’s statewide scores are particularly ...

As California continues to operate in fiscal peril, we must seek to be innovators. But there seems to be no will to look at testing as a place to cut expenditures. So why not save hundreds of ...

California’s Education Department today released student test scores showing a statewide decline that nearly wiped out the academic progress made since the state overhauled how it funds education in ...

It will test whether money is truly the key to educational achievement, as the education establishment contends, or other factors are preventing California kids from realizing their potential. Dan ...

Most students who will enter Maine Township High School District 207 high schools this fall perform above the national average on the California Achievement Test, according to a board report.

Schools and tests have been paired together for as long as classrooms have existed. But in 2005, the consequences tied to test taking are seen on a bigger stage than a single student’s report card. In ...

California has doubled the amount of per-pupil spending on schooling in the last decade but in national tests of academic achievement, the state still trails other states that spend much less, ...