In the wake of a seismic shift in how the nation’s most-used English-proficiency test is scored, a growing number of states have lowered their criteria for students to exit English-learner support ...

Just to fulfill my requirements for graduation, I had to pay over $200 to show I was proficient in a language I’ve been speaking my entire life. Georgetown University has a foreign language ...

States are increasingly making their academic tests tougher to pass, and the Common Core State Standards are the key force driving those higher expectations, according to a study released Wednesday.

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Ms. Mary Hejnal knows her students need to think a bit harder. On an afternoon in mid-April, the fifth-grade teacher at Almira Elementary School is working with a group, preparing ...

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When the Minnesota Department of Education released results from the 2013 Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments in August, math scores plummeted across the state due to a change in how tests were ...