Amidst growing fights over common state standards and tests for mathematics and English/language arts, the separate set of common K-12 science standards have been quietly gaining steam, but some ...

With a federal testing deadline looming, now is the time for states to improve their science assessments. Beginning just three years from now, with the 2007-08 school year, states will be required ...

Eighth grade students’ science test scores have fallen to the level they were in 2009, the first year the national test was given. The latest results of the National Assessment of Educational Progress ...

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