Military.com

New Army Fitness Test: No More Ball Yeet, Higher Standards for Combat Arms

The Army is set to make sweeping changes to its fitness test, according to an internal memo obtained by Military.com. The overhaul includes a rebranding of the test, the elimination of its most ...
Los Angeles Times

LAUSD test scores hit a new high, erasing pandemic lows with a second year of strong gains

Scores went up in all tested grades for the second straight year in Los Angeles. Six years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, test scores have recovered. Achievement levels remain lower for ...
The Boston Globe

Healey outlines ‘framework’ for new high school graduation requirements including end-of-course tests, capstone projects

DEDHAM — State leaders released on Monday the broad outlines of new educational standards students would be required to meet to graduate from high school, including mandatory courses, senior projects ...
The New York Times

Reading Skills of 12th Graders Hit a New Low

High school seniors had the worst reading scores since 1992 on a national test, a loss probably related to increases in screen time and the pandemic. Their math scores fell as well. By Dana Goldstein ...
Lexington Herald Leader

Fayette County elementaries drop one rating, middle and high schools improve test scores

Fayette County’s elementary schools have dropped from the state’s second-highest rating last year to the third-highest this year, according to data in Kentucky’s K-12 accountability system released ...