Principal Bert Strassburg was confident that if his Hilltop Elementary students could take the Minnesota state math test online, teachers would get the information they needed to boost achievement. He ...

In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, teachers have had to rethink pretty much everything they do with students—and that includes how they give math tests. With many students working remotely, ...

Amid the information glut that accompanies the release of statewide test scores comes this interesting insight: Students apparently do worse on math tests when they take them online. That’s the ...

ALBANY — On the 2023 state tests, third- through eighth-graders did better in math and English than they did before the pandemic. However, analyzing how students fared compared to the past is ...

This spring, tests developed by the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium will be administered to well over 10 million students in 17 states to determine their proficiency on the Common Core ...

After making gains in 2012, Minnesota students’ scores on state proficiency tests dropped in most grades and subgroups this year, the state Department of Education reported Monday. The dips came as ...