Dissatisfaction with the Common Core and the emphasis on standardized testing led to a number of Lower Hudson Valley elementary and middle school students opting out of state math exams that began ...

How would you fare on the new Common Core standardized tests that have generated so much debate and so many low scores? Find out by taking the math quiz below: It is made up of real questions from the ...

This spring, tests developed by the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium will be administered to well over 10 million students in 17 states to determine their proficiency on the Common Core ...

LINDENHURST, N.Y. (CBSNewYork/AP) --After seeing thousands of students sit out New York's statewide English assessments last week, school districts are beginning three days of math testing. New York's ...

The Common Core math tests began Wednesday, and many students have opted out of the exam. The math tests are given to kids in third through eighth grade. When the English tests were given earlier this ...

A new study looking at the relationship between the National Assessment of Educational Progress and the Common Core State Standards for mathematics finds that the two have “reasonable” overlap, but ...

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This week, more than a third of students in Monroe County's suburban school districts declined to take the state English language arts exam for grades 3-8. The next round comes Wednesday, the first of ...

Overall scores rose on Common Core tests in math for grades 6-8 in the Albany region, though some districts saw declines from 2014 scores. Area students in grades 6 through 8 saw gains in Common Core ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) >> After seeing thousands of students sit out New York’s statewide English assessments last week, school districts are set to begin three days of math testing. New York’s 700 ...