Standardized Testing

New data from Missouri’s education department show how students have struggled during the pandemic.

This year is part of a “transition” as Missouri education officials update the state’s accountability program for schools.

Missouri school students will sit down for state assessments soon. For some, it’ll be their first time in a classroom in more than a year. Teachers and parents say testing should be canceled, but education officials counter the data is critical.

Students grumble about having to take another test. Turns out, teachers do, too.About a third of St. Louis Public Schools’ elementary-level buildings are…

How the Missouri education department measures student comprehension and school performance is complicated. The manual for determining a school’s…

Missouri schools are getting a different kind of report card from the state. It's now color coded instead of offering a numerical grade.The Annual…

Missouri education officials released long-awaited school report cards Friday, and the good news is most schools are meeting expectations.In fact, 97…

As Missouri school districts await state test scores they should have received months ago, some administrators said they're getting frustrated with the...

A growing list of Missouri school leaders are organizing to push for changes to the way their students are tested, saying the current model is in constant…

Thousands of Missouri students over the last three years have accepted a state-funded opportunity to take the ACT college entrance exam for free. After a…