The national ranking is based on test questions that were given to students across the nation. The figure is a median percentile score. The median is the score exactly in the middle for the school.

Dear Deb,You make some good points about the distinction between norm-referenced tests and criterion-referenced tests, but I disagree with your characterization of the latter. Why We Need National ...

I wish to comment on the Feb. 15, column by Julie Mack. I do agree with Ms. Mack's general thesis that student test scores have become politicized to a degree that is unwarranted and misleading.

The California State Legislature has just approved an ill-conceived idea to allow local school districts to replace the 11th grade Smarter Balanced Assessments aligned with the Common Core standards ...

NORTH BILLERICA, Mass., Nov. 15, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --The Indiana Department of Education (IDOE) recently approved the use of Curriculum Associates' i-Ready ® Diagnostic as a norm-referenced ...

The national ranking is based on test questions that were given to students across the nation. The figure is a median percentile score. The median is the score exactly in the middle for the school.