More than a third of Iowa schools did not meet annual yearly progress under the No Child Left Behind law in 2011, according to a report by the Center for Education Policy. The report, which cited ...

While the majority of Iowa's public schools met the state's annual test goals, according to the No Child Left Behind report card released today, the number of schools and districts in need of ...

When the new assessments replaced the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills and the Iowa Tests of Educational Development last year, scores dropped across the state --- including in Waterloo. This year, schools ...

In 1935, the Iowa Test of Basic Skills, or ITBS were first administered in Iowa. Students in grades six through eight completed the ITBS tests in subjects such as reading comprehension, spelling and ...

DES MOINES (AP) — Iowa’s top education official says students are doing better on math and reading tests, but gaps remain between white students and minorities. Judy Jeffrey, director of the Iowa ...

SIOUX CITY -- Sioux City's public school students did better on state tests for the second year in a row, the school district said Friday. Each fall, students in grades 3-8 take the Iowa Tests of ...

The Cedar Falls Record preserved a history of what life was like in Cedar Falls 50 years ago. Here's what was happening this week in 1957. As college students suffered through placement tests, junior ...