I read about rising student math scores and lagging reading scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (Nov. 9, 2011). I find it true that English isn’t getting the focus that it needs.

As parents across the state open the envelopes containing their children’s scores on the new Smarter Balanced assessments administered last spring, only a third of them will see that their children ...

I believe we’re focused on the wrong end of the college education pipeline. Instead of asking if students can meet rigid college requirements, we should ask if our K–12 systems are designed for how ...

Slightly more than half of the state’s public school students are at or above grade level in reading. The same cannot be said of math. Results of the state’s Smarter Balance assessment show that while ...

California’s Smarter Balanced math scores may look nearly identical to last year’s, but math educators said they saw at least one glimmer of hope: 3rd-graders. Third-graders’ relatively high scores on ...

CANTON — School officials say they will be taking a close look at math instruction after results of the first Smarter Balanced Assessment test showed disappointing math scores. Elementary and middle ...

This spring, tests developed by the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium will be administered to well over 10 million students in 17 states to determine their proficiency on the Common Core ...