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Tag: k-12 test scores

student testing
Posted inMy Turn

Without statewide testing data California will fall short in supporting student learning

Avatar by Guest Commentary January 12, 2021January 11, 2021

To rectify the growing education equity gap in California schools, we need testing data about how students are doing academically.

Posted inWhatMatters

Achievement gap persists as test scores rise, one pesticide gets banned and one doesn’t

Dan MorainAvatar by Dan Morain and Judy Lin October 10, 2019October 10, 2019
CAASP testing From the foreground left, ideally Tamayo, 10, and Celeste Salcedo, 10, complete Smarter Balanced practice tests on Acer Chromebooks during Kiki Korakis's 4th grade class at Robert Sanders Elementary School in San Jose, Calif. on Wednesday, March 26, 2014.
Posted inK-12 Education

California kids’ test scores again rise by inches as achievement gap yawns

Ricardo Cano by Ricardo Cano October 9, 2019October 11, 2019
An eighth-grade language arts and history class at Alpha: Blanca Alvarado Middle School, a charter school in San Jose’s Alum Rock neighborhood, in 2013. (Gary Reyes/Bay Area News Group)
Posted inEducation, K-12 Education

New California School Dashboard paints a colorful picture—in which one in three school districts needs help

Ricardo Cano by Ricardo Cano December 6, 2018June 23, 2020
Posted inNewsletters, WhatMatters

Cox, Newsom, Rohrabacher, Russia and CA tests

Dan Morain by Dan Morain October 9, 2018July 8, 2019
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