Standardized Testing

Updated at 3:50 p.m. May 17 with comment from state board membersA task force looking into better ways to accredit Missouri school districts says the…

There isn’t much difference in the titles of the old and new federal education acts — from No Child Left Behind to Every Student Succeeds. But the…

Normandy school officials hope disappointing test scores from last year don’t dampen the enthusiasm they’re seeing for improvement in the school year just…

To get an idea about how difficult it can be to interpret test score data when it comes to charter schools, consider Lafayette Preparatory Academy, just…

For any school district, the path to success is rarely clear, but in Missouri, new numbers create a MAP that is particularly hard to read.And that picture…

Test results for Missouri schools released Monday show that Normandy and Riverview Gardens, the only unaccredited districts in the state, continue to…

Missouri students took a new MAP test in the spring, but results released Tuesday show that the achievement gap between all students and disadvantaged…

As August approaches and the back-to-school mindset takes hold, schools and parents typically wonder how students did last year and what adjustments may…

JEFFERSON CITY -- When Peter Herschend joined the Missouri state Board of Education in 1991, schools in the state were rated in three ways – A, AA or…

As Missouri schools head into the heart of standardized test season, with new exams given in new ways, state education officials are checking closely to…