The backstory: Since California started using Smarter Balanced assessments in 2015, the majority of students have only met state standards once — in 2019, and even then, only in English language arts.

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The Clark County School District saw a drop in student test scores in English language arts last school year but made gains in math. The Nevada Department of Education released results Friday from the ...

MERRIMACK — Local students scored better than the state average — with just one exception — on the new Smarter Balanced Assessment tests, according to a school administrator. “The results here are ...

GREENWICH — While fewer Greenwich Public School students met or exceeded Connecticut standards on the Smarter Balanced English Language Arts assessment last year than in the 2021-22 school year, more ...

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A Los Angeles Unified middle school student studies during a seventh- and eighth-grade English and Social Studies class in spring 2023. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) Los Angeles public school ...