For years, California's top educators have claimed that their statewide achievement tests were harder than almost any other state's - an easy explanation, perhaps, for why fewer than half of ...

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.

Beginning this school year, 2nd and 3rd graders at Summit Hill District 161 will take a pass on the California Achievement Test because school officials have decided to focus more on Illinois&#8217… ...

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 ...

The new computerized test, which is based on the Common Core State Standards that have been adopted across the nation, paints a darker picture than California’s previous measuring stick, the ...

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 ...

For the first time, students also took the California Achievement Test/Sixth Edition, known as the CAT/6. That compared students against a national sample in reading, language skills, math ...

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 ...

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 ...

California public school test scores are improving, but so slowly that it could take a generation to put a dent in the achievement gap. Skip to content. SacramenKnow Newsletter.

Now, ETS must enter into contract negotiations with the California Department of Education. A contract is expected to be brought to the board in June for final approval. ETS already handles the ...