Principal Bert Strassburg was confident that if his Hilltop Elementary students could take the Minnesota state math test online, teachers would get the information they needed to boost achievement. He ...

In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, teachers have had to rethink pretty much everything they do with students—and that includes how they give math tests. With many students working remotely, ...

Amid the information glut that accompanies the release of statewide test scores comes this interesting insight: Students apparently do worse on math tests when they take them online. That’s the ...

First, the good news: of more than 35,000 Democrat and Chronicle readers who took a 20-question fourth-grade math test online this weekend, about 88 percent got a score of 60 percent or higher. The ...

All things being equal, Bill Kottenstette would rather not turn his cafeteria into a computer testing lab for a couple of months this spring. He would prefer students, particularly younger ones, use ...

After making gains in 2012, Minnesota students’ scores on state proficiency tests dropped in most grades and subgroups this year, the state Department of Education reported Monday. The dips came as ...

The “Smarter Balanced” standardized tests in math and English language arts that California students will take in the spring to measure their academic progress will have fewer questions and take less ...