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Little Rock School Board discusses standardized test scores, success of Ignite Reading program
The Little Rock School Board is starting to see the results from the state's new ATLAS standardized tests. While many ...
New study challenges effectiveness of midyear tests in schools amidst national shift away from standardized assessments
As the national conversation around standardized testing intensifies, new research published in the INFORMS journal ...
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Standards Gap: Why Many Students Score Proficient on State Tests But Not on NAEP
A version of this essay appeared on the FutureEd blog. One of the most striking features of the troubling results from the ...
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Keeping Your Private Well Water Safe
Did you know that Iowa has a unique funding source for free or low-cost annual testing of private wells? Or that some water ...
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Students with top test scores could get free tuition, stipends under House bill
A bill to provide tuition waivers and stipends to students with maximum scores on certain standardized tests moved ahead ...
Perfect ACT or SAT score? Iowa lawmakers want to offer you free college plus $5,000
Iowans would get a $5,000 stipend each semester plus free tuition if they earn perfect ACT and SAT scores in a bill advancing ...
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Iowa women's basketball unleashes offensive clinic, ends skid with rout of Washington
SEATTLE, Wash. − Tension was escalating for the Iowa women’s basketball team in the final day of its trip to the Pacific Northwest. Could the Hawkeyes finally put a five-game losing streak to ...