test scores

The SAT College Board has started using so-called “adversity scores,” which are designed to reflect a student’s socioeconomic status and create context…

The SAT College Board has added a new section to the standardized test called 'adversity.'This section is scored based on the students socioeconomic rank…

National test scores in reading and math show achievement growth has largely leveled off for Ohio students, much like the rest of the country. The National Assessment of Education Progress, or NAEP, exam is given every two years to 4th and 8th graders. The test has measured student progress across states since the early 1990s, but in Ohio last year, there wasn’t much progress to be measured. Scores for Ohio students largely mimicked 2015 results, which Peggy Carr, an assistant commissioner for NAEP, said was also true for the country.

An analysis of recent student test results in Ohio shows the continuing role of poverty in the scores.The study was released Tuesday by the Ohio School…