Monongalia County students taking Advanced Placement courses this past year outpaced their peers across West Virginia and around the world, Courtney Crawford told Board of Education members […]
Tag: test scores
The hazards of standardized tests
Last week, we talked about the results of several national and international standardized tests. While standardized tests are good for comparing large groups to each other, they […]
Proof teachers make a difference
Early this month, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development released the results of its triennial, global standardized test for 15-year-olds. More than half of the 81 […]
Falling NAEP scores show COVID badly hurt how America’s kids are learning
The national test considered the gold standard of whether schoolchildren are gaining or slipping has delivered alarming news: Kids are backsliding in both math and reading. Thirteen-year-olds […]
Teacher exodus in West Virginia is worsening
West Virginia’s teacher shortage is getting worse. Figures released by the state Department of Education show there are 1,544 non-certified teachers in classrooms this school year. That […]
‘They suck’: W.Va.’s math, reading test scores disappoint
West Virginia State School Board President Paul Hardesty, during an interview on Talkline, was blunt in his assessment of the just-released National Assessment of Educational Progress test […]
Preston Schools superintendent says third benchmark test results show ‘significant improvements’
KINGWOOD — The Preston County Board of Education got some good news at its most recent meeting. The third and final benchmark test of the year showed […]
