Fewer Connecticut public school students are reading at grade level and slightly more are competent in math according to state’s 2017 standardized test results released on Friday. Preliminary numbers ...

Most students with individualized education programs scored in the lowest achievement level on the field tests administered last spring by the Smarter Balanced Achievement Consortium, according to ...

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 ...

In a recent critique of Smarter Balanced’s online practice tests for mathematics, educational consultant Steven Rasmussen argues that the assessments are “a quagmire of poor technological design, poor ...

Smarter Balanced isn't an example of poor grammar or a tasteless brand of margarine: it's the name of the Assessment Consortium that tests students of all grade levels on the Common Core State ...

The specter of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to loom over Vermont students, as evidenced by the state's recent release of scores on statewide tests from 2022. The year saw very few gains in ...