Study: Charter Students Test Results Mixed
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Compared with peers in traditional public schools, fourth-graders in charter schools do as well in reading but worse in math, a pilot government study says.
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A study says high levels of computer technology can improve school results, but the picture is mixed.
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American eighth-grade students have made gains in math and science compared with their worldwide counterparts, but performance at the fourth-grade level appears to have reached a plateau, according to a major international study released yesterday.
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Â· Few institutions pass admission benchmarks Â· Russell Group blames low achievement at school
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In an ambitious experiment, some 2,500 teachers in the city are being measured on how much their students improve on standardized tests.
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Batavia High School officials have notified parents that a computer error caused some incorrect report cards to be sent to students.  The letter grades are correct, Principal Doug Drexler wrote in an e-mail Friday, but the grade point average and class rank might not be.
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Students at the Maryland School for the Deaf were asked on a standardized test to match words containing similar sounds, and state education officials promised to adjust the scores after acknowledging the problem.
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Â· Sats make English pupils most tested in the world  Â· Parents sceptical of league tables, GTC study finds
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Eighth-grade students in the United States scored better in both mathematics and science last year than in 1999, but still lagged their peers in a number of other industrial countries, according
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Math and reading scores are rising in some states, but not as fast as envisioned under the No Child Left Behind law, a nonpartisan education group says.
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Many states, including Maryland and Virginia, are reporting student proficiency rates so much higher than what the most respected national measure has found that several influential education experts are calling for a move toward a national testing system.
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A state where charter schools have been growing fast - and running into troubles - is now debating a new approach
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Two testing organizations agreed to pay $2.85 million to students whose exams were incorrectly scored in 2005.
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Merit pay tied to student test scores seems all the rage in some educational circles, but many teachers think it's an idea whose time hasn't come.
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An editorial column in Thursday's paper mixed up the two private school voucher bill numbers. HB148, the main voucher bill, is the subject of a citizen referendum vote on Nov. 6.
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Four months into the school year, some themes are working better than others, but at even the best-run schools, the future remains unclear.
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The most physically fit group of third-, fourth- and fifth-graders tend to score highest on an academic test known as the Illinois Standard Achievement Test, a group of researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign reports.