Local elementary school students’ math scores dropped by between one and six per cent with only about half of Grade 6 students able to meet the provincial standard on the 2015-16 EQAO math test. The ...
Complaints from parents and teachers prompted changes in English-Language-Arts (ELA) and math testing across the state. An estimated 200,000 students opted out of standardized testing The New York ...
The news about a statement made by Canadian politician, Premier Doug Ford, who said that the Ontario province should make school teachers take a math test every year, has gone viral. If the proposal ...
TORONTO – New teachers in Ontario will soon have to pass a math test by scoring at least 70 per cent – a process their unions say will do nothing to improve students’ math skills. A memo from deputy ...
Giving teachers standardized tests often doesn't lead to better outcomes for students, the agency tasked with developing a new math test for Ontario teachers said in a report this week. The review by ...
KENNEWICK -- This school year's testing season isn't just nerve-wracking for students -- drastic changes to state math exams also are puzzling school district officials, parents and legislators.
EQAO Grade 9 math testing will not take place in high schools across the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board this week, and the chair of the school board says there's uncertainty about what that ...
As two state consortia work to finish new assessments aligned with the Common Core State Standards, some mathematics experts say they’re worried that the computer-based testing platforms will hamper a ...
Modifying the English on math test items doesn’t change the math knowledge assessed, concluded a study on math testing accommodations conducted by the Regional Educational Laboratory West and released ...
The number of Northern Virginia public schools that failed to meet annual performance standards jumped by one-third this year, largely because of poor performances on new middle school mathematics ...