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Math and reading scores for 12th graders in the U.S. were at a historic low even before the COVID-19 pandemic forced a massive shift to remote learning, according to results of the 2019 National Assessment of Educational Progress released in late 2020. We asked three scholars to explain why so many high school seniors aren’t proficient in these critical subjects. Elizabeth Leyva, director of entry-level mathematics, Texas A&M University-San Antonio One might expect the jump from high school t...

Some parents are concerned statewide standardized testing won't be fair to students who were forced to learn remotely due to the pandemic.

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused many disruptions for public education in Indiana, and while that may seem like a good reason to forgo the ILEARN test, Republican leaders believe that’s

The state superintendent noted that the state has spent about $100 million dollars on tools to improve safety for teachers, students and staff.

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted a multitude of preexisting problems. In California, the standardized testing debate is one of them. For years, educators, researchers and students alike have pointed out several major flaws of the SAT and ACT as a part of the college admissions process. Many argue that despite efforts to create more equitable testing, standardized tests still do not measure intelligence or academic ability and that the test is biased, such as that it tends to put students...

Of picked minor sports or sports which dont get a lot of attention. he want picking the basketball team at these schools or the football team. it was the sailing team, the crew team, which dont get the kind of, you know, eyes on from many in the administration. >> well, theyre happy to charge $50,000 a year or $60,000 a years tuition for each student. so i think they should be looking more carefully about who theyre admitting. >> but i disagree that the only victim here is felicity huffmans kid....

Legitimate in any way. somebody saying they want to be on the crew and they had never rode a boat. >> whats interesting because they intentionally it seems like, singer intentionally picked minor sports or sports which dont get a lot of attention. he wasnt pickk the basketball team or the football team. it was the sailing team, the crew team, which dont get the kind of, you know, eyes on from the administration. >> they are happy to charge $50,000 a year, $60,000 a year tuition for each student....

Earned a place into the best schools and put kids who couldnt pass the test in, hurting both sets of kids, by the way. so im really concerned about this. instead of getting back to basics, lets teach our kids the toughest curriculum out there because the global economy on the global world is gaining on america. lets not try make it up with this kind of nonsense. >> shannon: one of the things i thought was interesting, before the old way of doing this, the information what to admissions counselor...

Objective. nobody is saying it is culturally biased, that from a democrat. >> obviously it is when we have the majority of the kids in these schools are asian, in actuality the majority of kids in public schools are latino and african-american. im not d about those 20% of kids that previously got into the schools but now are not going into. those kids are going to be fine. im concerned about the greater good. when those schools are diverse, so many studies show in schools and the workplace and t...

Facebook pages. what do we have, katherine? >> young people dont respect the first amendment. of course not, the internets unregulated and abusive free speech turned public opinion. patrick, thats scary. i dont know if they dont respect it or if theyre not aware of it. as i quoted out to the professor, there were multiple civics requirements that i had to fulfill in my k-12 public education. i dont think thats the case. and maybe all this standardized testing in math and science just a thought o...