Each academic year Catholic elementary schools in the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois participate in standardized testing using the Measure of Academic Progress (MAP) test. Testing in Diocesan ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) – Kamry Wade, a first-grade student at Hartstern Elementary, can recite the scores he received on the final round of Measures of Academic Progress testing with ease. "My math ...

Each year, we take a look at Curriculum Matters’ most-read blog posts, and in 2015 it seems two major themes got readers clicking: common-core testing and math instruction. And that makes sense. This ...

Four decades ago at the Jolly Roger restaurant in Chehalis, a group of school administrators dreamed up the Measures of Academic Progress (MAP), the set of exams that is now under attack in Seattle.

The findings prompted trustees to request more details on pre-K enrollment and its impact on early learning, as well as data on math readiness and enrollment trends among eighth graders, whose scores ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Fewer than half of all Jefferson County Public Schools students tested at grade level in reading, while just more than one-third showed grade-level proficiency in math in the ...

As teachers have voiced in this forum, policies surrounding the number of assessments and the quality of assessments being used in schools need a serious makeover. In a recent article NEA Today, ...

Houston Independent School District elementary and middle school students in New Education System campuses saw slightly more growth in math and reading than students at non-NES campuses, according to ...

For students, the start of a new school year can feel like a blank slate, a chance to begin anew. This year, however, Seattle students (along with their parents and teachers) can be forgiven for ...

After just a week of school under their belts, thousands of Houston ISD elementary and middle school students will begin taking adaptive and standardized tests. HISD requires certain exams at the ...