Get stories like these delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 NewsletterGeorgia high schools continued to make marginal gains in the percentage of students who graduated on time, with a rate of 84.4% for the class of 2023.
That “four-year adjusted cohort rate,” as the federal government calls it, was up 0.3 percentage points from the previous year, the Georgia Department of Education announced on Tuesday.
With one exception, the state has made steady — and generally incremental — annual improvements since the new measure was implemented over a decade ago.
The exception was in the… Read More
Math and reading scores of Canadian students continue to decline steeply, matching a global trend, according to a new study.
The state of global education was given a bleak appraisal in the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), which is the first study to examine the academic progress of 15-year-old students in dozens of countries during the pandemic.This week Cross Country Checkup wants to know why your kids are struggling in math? Is it time to rethink how we teach it? Fill out the details on this form and send us your story.Released Tuesday, it found the average… Read More
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Next year, Illinois high school juniors could take the ACT instead of the SAT as the federally-mandated state test. The Illinois State Board of Education has started the process of awarding a three-year, $53 million contract to ACT Inc.
The College Board’s contract to administer the SAT for 11th graders and PSAT for ninth and 10th graders is set to expire June 30. The state board is required by federal law to administer accountability assessments to high school students. State law says that the… Read More
