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Pa. school assessment system goes down during PSSA exams

  • Apr 21
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US students' reading, math scores at historic lows

  • Sep 9, 2025
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ACT college entrance exam will be shortened

  • Jul 17, 2024

Math, reading scores for 13-year-olds in US plunge to lowest levels

  • Jun 22, 2023

Indiana student 1st in world to get perfect score on AP calc exam

  • Sep 27, 2022

Math, reading scores fall sharply for 9-year-olds: Report

  • Sep 2, 2022

CDC: Testing exposed students an option over home quarantine

  • Dec 17, 2021

Parents knowingly sent child with COVID to class, prompting quarantine

  • Dec 6, 2021

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Pennsylvania's school assessment system down on 1st day of PSSA testing

  • Apr 21
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Pennsylvania's school assessment system down on 1st day of PSSA testing

  • Apr 21
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Pennsylvania lawmakers ask feds to waive school test mandate

  • Feb 25, 2021
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SAT's optional essay and subject tests dropped amid pandemic

  • Jan 20, 2021
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VIDEO: Bill would let NJ parents to opt out of standardized tests

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College Board will no longer offer SAT's optional essay and subject tests amid COVID-19 pandemic

SAT CHANGES: Students already registered for subject tests will be automatically refunded, the College Board said.

  • Jan 20, 2021

Teen takes exams in hazmat suit as family says school district won't take COVID-19 seriously

To keep his family safe from COVID-19, a Houston student took his final exam in a hazmat suit after the school wouldn't waive his requirement.

  • Dec 19, 2020

SATs and ACTs postponed amid COVID-19 pandemic

Some high school juniors in our area are feeling additional pressure in their college application process, as their expected timelines for standardized testing are disrupted.

  • Mar 21, 2020
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Department of Education will waive standardized testing this school year due to coronavirus outbreak

"Neither students nor teachers need to be focused on high-stakes tests during this difficult time," U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos said in a news release.

  • Mar 20, 2020

Pennsylvania Department of Education cancels PSSA, Keystone exams amid COVID-19 outbreak

All PSSA testing and Keystone exams have been canceled this year, the Pennsylvania Department of Education has announced on Thursday.

  • Mar 19, 2020