The Advocate

Fewer Baton Rouge-area students score top levels on Common Core tests, more scoring at the bottom

A new battery of Common Core-based tests proved to be trouble for some of the best students in Baton Rouge metro area public schools The tests, known at PARCC, short for Partnership for Assessment of ...
The Daily Gazette

Leaked questions rekindle fierce debate over Common Core tests

The questions, taken from a Common Core fourth-grade reading test, came to a Columbia professor in an email from an anonymous teacher, part of a blistering critique of the exam. The professor put the ...
The State Journal-Register

Illinois eighth grade students are ahead of the curve nationwide in reading, math

NAEP, also known as the nation's report card, released results last week. Illinois eighth grade students outperformed national averages in reading, math. Fourth grade, eighth grade, and the 12th grade ...
New York Post

Only a third of NYC 4th graders deemed ‘proficient’ in math as Big Apple students lag behind state, national averages

According to a report released Wednesday by the "Nation's Report Card," New York City fourth and eighth graders still lag behind state and national averages in math and reading. EduLife Photos - stock ...