Narrow math tests inevitably drive down real standards because accountability pressures principals and teachers to teach to the test. Conversely, well-engineered tests of the math we actually want ...
The city is asking public school principals to consider giving math tests to kindergartners, a proposal that comes amid debate over the growing use of standardized tests nationwide. The experiment ...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Every spring, students on Staten Island are administered the annual English language arts (ELA) and math state standardized tests. The exams -- given to grades 3-8 -- are ...