I SUPPORT the Measures of Academic Progress assessments used in Seattle Public Schools. I have two children, a stepson in elementary school and a daughter in high school, who both have positive ...

All students in Missouri will start taking the state assessment exams next month, and the Kansas City Missouri School District is approaching the tests differently.With the threat of a state takeover ...

As schools prepare to open throughout Missouri, there are new concerns about soon-to-be-released test scores from last year.Some people worry that the scores will be misinterpreted because the 2015 ...

For students, the start of a new school year can feel like a blank slate, a chance to begin anew. This year, however, Seattle students (along with their parents and teachers) can be forgiven for ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — All year-long but especially in recent weeks, teachers in Missouri have been prepping and encouraging their students for the Missouri Assessment Program, commonly called the MAP ...

What started as one school’s protest against the MAP test has quickly ignited a storm. First other schools in Seattle started weighing in, then the NAACP and now, in the most striking demonstration of ...