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 ...
Yahoo

R.I. math test scores inch up while those in Mass. plateau. Will state ever catch up?

A reading assignment on a chalkboard in a Massachusetts high school. In Massachusetts, the states’ standardized English test scores for third- through eighth-graders fell an additional three ...
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 ...
The Baltimore Sun

US fourth, eighth grade math scores plummet on international test: ‘A national crisis’

The results of an international test of academic skills released recently show dire declines in math for U.S. fourth- and eighth-grade students. The Trends in International Mathematics and Science ...