Chalkbeat on MSN1d
NYC eyes $17 million contract to create computer-based Specialized High School Admissions Test
The Panel for Educational Policy will consider a proposal to tap the test-making company Pearson to develop a computerized ...
EdSource4d
High school math placement is too important to leave to subjective recommendations
Students of color and low-income students face that predicament disproportionately under their schools’ placement practices.
Education Week15d
Grades and Standardized Test Scores Aren’t Matching Up. Here’s Why
Discrepancies also exist when comparing student grades and scores from a wide variety of tests explicitly aligned to K-12 coursework, from state standardized exams to Advanced Placement tests.
Baltimore Banner16d
Most 8th graders can’t pass Maryland’s math test. Can you?
But the latest round of state test scores shows that very few of them do. Just 7% of test-takers passed the state’s eighth grade math test, part of the Maryland Comprehensive Assessment Program. One ...
CBS News23d
Mortgage interest rates drop for the 8th week. Should you lock one in now?
Following the rate cut, the average mortgage rate fell for the eighth week in a row, according to new data from the Mortgage Bankers Association, with rates dropping to 6.13% — their lowest ...
The Independent23d
Australians sent into panic by 8.2-magnitude earthquake and tsunami warning – before realising it’s a test
which was part of a test of new software, referenced an 8.2 magnitude earthquake off New Zealand’s coast and triggered alarm among a number of users, the Sydney Morning Herald reported.
sanews29d
Over 293 000 Grade 1 & 8 placement offers issued to parents
This comes after the start of the 2025 Online Admissions placement period for Grade 1 and Grade 8 learners. Of these, 146 385 offers were made for Grade 1 and 146 672 for Grade 8. “To date, 148 744 ...