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Tag: standardized tests

State issues abbreviated school ‘report cards,’ thankfully missing flawed test component for one year only

Robert L. Williams II, Arkansas native and distinguished university professor who coined term ‘ebonics,’ dies...

Single-grade school rating systems: Give them an F

Accountability: The future of the Little Rock School District hangs on a test. At charter...

Arkansas ACT scores decline due to test being offered to all students, officials say

Surprises when schools ranked by test scores AND poverty

School rankings: One size doesn’t fit all

Standardized tests: Could you pass?

D.C. school success story challenged

The perils of high-stakes testing