State School Superintendent Levi Bachmeier on Friday said updated school accountability reports and results from North Dakota’s new statewide student assessment are available for North Dakotans to review on the state’s Insights website. A federal law, called the Every Student Succeeds Act, requires state[...]
Tag: School Grades
Math gaps narrowing, but reading scores remain stagnant, new research shows
Even as classrooms settle into post-pandemic rhythms, the question lingers: how far have students really come in catching up? A new national report from testing group NWEA offers a clearer — and more complicated — answer. Math scores are rising modestly, and[...]
On This Day | Back to School Requires Good Bus Behavior
Many of these youngsters will be riding school buses for the first time this year. Many others have let safety rules slip their minds. And some just don’t realize that their behavior as passengers has much to do with their safety and[...]
Plenty of schools have no-zeroes policies. And most teachers hate it, a new survey finds
Grades have always been a flashpoint in education, but the debate is heating up over what’s fair. A new national survey finds that more than half of schools use at least one “equitable grading” practice — like banning zeroes, allowing test retakes,[...]