WRAL

Fact check: McCrory overstates 3rd grade test ramifications

Former North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory is sounding the alarm about how remote learning may affect students long-term. McCrory, who’s running for U.S. Senate, talked about third-grade reading scores on ...
The New York Times

Texas Says Most of Its Students Aren’t Reading at Grade Level. But Are Its Tests Fair?

MESQUITE, Tex. — Reading is 9-year-old Kristen Hernandez’s thing. She pores over mystery books, stories about vampires and even a college-level anatomy textbook that her mother is studying to become ...
The Texas Tribune

Is STAAR too hard on young readers? The standardized test is in lawmakers’ crosshairs again.

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Colorado Public Radio

Kids’ Performance Across Grade Levels Fell In Every Standardized Test Subject Due To COVID-19

The pandemic inflicted damage on Colorado students’ ability to learn, or at least perform on state standardized tests. Newly released test state-level results show significant decreases in achievement ...
Politifact

No, the “vast majority” of Wisconsin students are not below grade level

Are the vast majority of Wisconsin students failing to achieve at grade level? That was the claim made in a recent radio address by state Rep. Jeremy Thiesfeldt. The Fond du Lac Republican — a former ...
The Washington Post

More D.C. students reading on grade level than a decade ago, test scores show

More students in the District are reading on grade level than before the pandemic, according to test data shared Thursday. More than 37 percent of students scored proficient on standardized reading ...