Texas children's performance on an annual reading test was basically flat from 2012 to 2021, even as the state spent billions ...

Even though the primary focus has been reading and math tests, reading hasn’t improved. Test-based accountability has contributed to math gains among younger students, but these improvements ...

Test scores are correlated with wages ... absenteeism and performance in these data,” Carr said. “If students aren’t in school, they can’t learn.” Experts said reading skills may ...

I hadn’t quite believed that last argument—until ... “Intelligence is whatever a test measures,” and a global standardized test of student competence across countries, cultures, learning ...

Unfortunately, this year, the Texas Education Agency’s release of individual student test results is scheduled for May 23, which is after all ECISD’s high school graduation ceremonies ...

These students do not score as high on average ... Given the data, why haven’t colleges reinstated their test requirements? For one thing, standardized tests are easy to dislike.