Fred Smith, a former test analyst for the city Department of Education, said the stats make the state's tests "virtually useless" as a gauge of student performance. J.Conrad Williams, Jr./Newsday RM ...

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State tests are a familiar annual ritual—every spring, students in grades 3-8 take exams that assess what they know and are able to do in reading and math. Mandated by federal accountability policy, ...

Corrected: A prior version of this story omitted New York from the list of states that have released preliminary testing data. More than five months after students took their spring state tests, ...

Long-awaited test scores showing how students around New York state fared during the pandemic — and how city kids performed compared with state results — will finally be out in three weeks. New York ...

In coming weeks, many parents on Long Island and elsewhere are expected to get an early look at their children's scores from springtime state tests, with the trend due to accelerate in future years as ...

Shifting academic standards are taking center stage in the state superintendent race this spring. Department of Public Instruction Superintendent Jill Underly, who is running for reelection, ...

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