The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) reported that the average high school GPA rose from 3.0 in 2009 to 3.11 in 2019, a 3.7 percent increase in just 10 years. Meanwhile, standardized ...

Standardized testing has been under fire in recent years, including in Massachusetts schools, where high school students must take the MCAS to graduate. In the last decade, public opinion on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (STACKER) — In April, Harvard University announced that it would again require prospective undergraduates to submit either SAT or ...

OPINION: Columnist Abby McCloskey argues student test scores are weak, school accountability has faded and standardized ...

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Major decisions that affect the trajectory of students’ lives hinge on their high school grades: in-class support they might or might not receive, college admission offers, and potentially financial ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Yale University has announced a new "test-flexible" standardized testing policy set to go into effect for the 2024-25 admissions ...

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This article is featured in the 2025 Winter Carnival Special Issue. On Dec. 13, 2024, the College offered admission to the earliest accepted members of the Class of 2029 — the first class to apply to ...

Student test scores aren’t looking good, and schools aren’t being held accountable for poor results. That’s not even ...

If you work long enough in education, you see that most academic trends swing through extreme phases like a pendulum. College admissions trends have followed suit, especially regarding standardized ...