For many students and young adults, hearing about the Rice Purity Test can be a bit confusing. You might have seen friends ...

School districts in Richland and Lexington counties are already opening applications for the 2026-27 school year.

Despite some small gains, students in Kentucky's largest school system continue to lag behind state averages, according to data released publicly by the Kentucky Department of Education on Nov. 19.

Researchers may have found a connection between heightened immigration enforcement arrests and a decline in test scores among students whose home language is Spanish, according to a new working paper.

The 2025 Illinois Report Card data was just released, and it includes “new aligned performance levels” for English, math and science tests. That’s because this school year began with new test ...

(The Center Square) – A new study shows “significant improvements” in student test scores in concert with banning cellphones in Florida schools. The gains came in the second year of the ban, according ...

A new study finds that Florida test scores rose and attendance improved after a school cellphone ban, although short-term disciplinary problems also arose in the state. The study, conducted by two ...

The Tamalpais Union High School District board is not happy about another year of declining state test scores. “I have a sense of shame over the four-year slide,” trustee Kevin Saavedra said at the ...

Students in Illinois are still missing more school than they were before the pandemic and, for elementary school students, the number of days absent is impacting their learning even more than it did ...

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This article first appeared in EdSource. Five years after the COVID pandemic closed schools and pushed students into a year of distance learning, California test scores show that — despite increases — ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. California’s K-12 students are emerging from the pandemic malaise, posting the most significant academic improvements ...