This story was updated on Oct. 14, 2015. The recently released Common Core-aligned test results show the percentage of California high school students identified as ready, or on pace to be ready by ...

EdSource · How a charter school serving adults became embroiled in scandal and sparked calls for reform Not long ago I was at a meeting of community college and high school faculty, talking about ...

Faced with thousands of incoming students who needed remedial classes, the California State University system launched an effort in 2001 to provide high school juniors with an early signal of whether ...

The academic performance of college students is primarily assessed by examinations. Most college courses have an important final examination. Admission to college itself depends in large part on ...

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. New research shows more community college students pass college-level courses in math and English ...

A recent study shows that using multiple measures to decide whether students belong in remedial coursework, as opposed to standard placement exams, results in more students taking and succeeding in ...

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High school students' scores on the ACT college admissions test have dropped to their lowest in more than three decades, showing a lack of student preparedness for college-level coursework, according ...

The Early Assessment Program (EAP) is a collaborative effort among the State Board of Education (SBE), the California Department of Education (CDE), and California State University (CSU). It was ...

Congratulations! You’ve been accepted into college, you’re narrowing down your interests to select a major, and you might be starting to think about what classes you’ll take. At many colleges, you ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- For the first time, any high school student who receives an ACT test score of at least 18 in English, 21 in reading and 22 in math will not have to take remedial courses in any Ohio ...

Many colleges use one test to decide whether incoming freshmen have to take remedial courses, a turning point that can slow down—or block—their progress toward graduation. But a new study shows that ...