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School Testing

US students performing worse in school than 10 years ago: report

  • May 14

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

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Back to school help: Preparing for college testing

  • Aug 6
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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: New SAT premium edition

  • Mar 4, 2016
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VIDEO: Keystone test

  • Feb 4, 2016
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VIDEO: Bill would let NJ parents to opt out of standardized tests

  • Mar 26, 2015

Latest Stories

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Parents knowingly send COVID-positive child to class, forcing 75 NorCal students into quarantine

The school says the student "had been attending school for the last seven days" when they found out about their positive case. About 75 students then had to quarantine.

  • Dec 6, 2021

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