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The Iowa City Community School District recently released the results of the Iowa Assessments, which third- through eleventh-graders took last October, KCRG reported. Based on students’ scores, they did not perform as well as they had in previous years on the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (ITBS), which the Assessments have replaced. According to the news […]

Since 1998, March 2 has been Read Across America Day, thanks to the National Education Association. In order to help students perform better on California STAR Testing Program assessments, the state will take things one step further with the establishment of Read Across California Month. After students in California finish reading along with the rest of […]

As teachers prepare to implement the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), they may find themselves participating in a learning session similar to the one that was recently held for educators at Monticello High School in New York. During this training session, Kate Gerson, a senior fellow with the Regents Research Fund, spoke to teachers about […]

The Chicago Public Schools’ website states that students who attend classes at these institutions spend 15 percent less time learning than the average public school student in the U.S. To rectify this situation, several city schools volunteered to extend their academic day by 90 minutes. Some time has passed since this education initiative began, and […]

On June 22, 2010, Maryland adopted the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). Now, like many other academic institutions across the country, middle schools in Howard County are making curricular changes to better align with the CCSS, Elkridge, Maryland’s Patch website reported. For instance, the news source stated that all 19 Howard County middle schools will […]

 While the transition to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) has proved a challenge for some schools, Community Unit School District 200 in Illinois is on track to have a portion of the CCSS in place by 2013, Wheaton, Illinois’ Patch website reported. District officials began mapping out the transition to the Common Core in […]

 On August 2, 2010, California adopted the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), according to the initiative’s website. To help California teachers transition to these new Standards, the Sacramento County Office of Education (SCOE) has launched a new application (app) that instructors can access using their smartphones. The SCOE’s eStandards Web app is free, and instantly […]

The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) have been established to ensure that the education K-12 students receive is clear, consistent and aligned with college and work expectations, according to the initiative’s website. Thanks to a $200,000 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, ConvergeUS, the nonprofit arm of TechNet, will be able to research […]

Over the next two years, students at Ledyard Middle School in Connecticut will be introduced to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), Ledyard’s Patch website reported. School officials recently held a presentation that was designed to familiarize parents with the type of education their children will soon be receiving. During the presentation, Holly Miller, the […]

Studying has never been more fun, or profitable, for students at Brownell Middle School in California. To get students excited about preparing for the upcoming California Standards Test (CST), School officials have introduced the CST Cab, which provides an experience modeled after the one that appears on the television show Cash Cab, the Gilroy Dispatch reported.Brownell students […]