One of the most mindless features of modern education are standardized tests, which require pupils to regurgitate information usually committed to memory in rote fashion. Fortunately, a machine has ...

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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 ...

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--School districts that used STEMscopes Texas, the most widely used science curriculum in Texas, for eighth grade science instruction outperformed other districts on the ...

CHESAPEAKE, VA. What started out as an eighth-grade science experiment at a Virginia school became an alarming discovery: Turning down the school air conditioning system during nights and weekends was ...

(NEXSTAR) — School is back in session, bringing in the first wave of students born during the pandemic, dubbed “COVID kindergartners,” into classrooms nationwide. The students older than them, however ...

Amalia Baugh, an eighth-grade student from Freshwater Charter Middle School, has made waves in the science community by winning several awards for her outstanding project in Earth and environmental ...

CARVER – Last year’s eighth grade science scores were the highest with the best achievement in the history of Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System testing in Carver. While there are multiple ...

AUSTIN, Texas -- A Republican-controlled Texas State Board of Education on Friday rejected seven of 12 proposed science textbooks for eighth graders that for the first time will require them to ...

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After having been rescheduled due to ice, judging of the eighth-grade science fair was held Jan. 9. Judges were Mary Evans, Jerry Quisenberry, Lynn Hill, Jerry Kaase, Debbie Manion, Steve Hayhurst, ...

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 ...