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Oregon Proposes New Accountability Targets for Schools
The measuring stick for districts is being rewritten, though what your child sits for each spring is not changing.
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No, Oregon Did Not Eliminate Its Graduation Requirements
A viral claim confuses a paused proficiency demonstration with the credit rules, which still apply to every high school student.
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Vermont Republishes School Report Card After Calculation Error
The mistake changed which schools were tagged for extra federal support; no child's individual result was affected or recalculated.
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Nebraska Science Scores Jump as School Ratings Prepare to Change
Fifth and eighth graders drove the gain, and the labels attached to schools this fall will use rewritten criteria.
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Utah Aspire Plus Retires After This Year
Only high schoolers are affected; students in grades three through eight continue with the same exam they took this spring.
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Washington DC Replaces Its State Test Next School Year
Questions will adjust in difficulty as your child works, testing time drops, and next year's number cannot be compared to this one.
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Georgia Reading Scores Delayed Until Late Fall
Expect math, science and social studies over the summer as usual, with literacy results held back while new cutoffs are set.
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Idaho Asks to Drop Third-Grade Reading Test
If federal officials agree, eight-year-olds would sit one literacy exam next spring instead of two; math is unaffected either way.
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Wyoming Families Will Wait Longer for Math and Science Score Reports
Expect the printed report in October rather than over the summer, and expect less detail broken out by skill area.
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Wyoming Picks a New Testing Vendor for 2026-27
The exam content stays tied to state standards, but the login system, practice materials and report layout will all look different.
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Six Kansas Districts to Pilot Quarterly Testing Instead of One Spring Test
Unless your child attends Kansas City, Olathe, Geary County, Dodge City, Great Bend or Humboldt, nothing about spring exams changes.
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Iowa Sets New Score Cutoffs for Its Redesigned State Test
Because the exam itself was rebuilt around 2024 standards, a lower or higher number than last year may not mean anything.
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Colorado Releases Preliminary 2026 CMAS and PSAT/SAT Results
Parents can pull individual results now through the family portal; comparisons against other schools and districts arrive later in the summer.
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Which States Are Asking Washington to Change Their Testing Rules
Requests are pending at the federal level, but no approved change affects what your child sits for in grades three through eight.
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New National Study Ranks States on Math and Reading Recovery
Independent researchers measured how far students in your district have climbed back since 2022, district by district, using existing exam data.
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State Lawmakers Pushed to Scale Back Testing in 2026 — Most Bills Failed
Nothing changes for your child this year: proposals in several statehouses to shrink or replace required exams all died in committee.
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Virginia Seeks New Vendor to Administer State Student Assessments
A contract change could alter the SOL testing platform in coming years; current students should see no difference this school year.
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Massachusetts debates standardized testing role in graduation requirements
The dispute concerns high school diploma rules, not elementary or middle school testing, which continues unchanged for grades 3-8.
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Ohio 2024-25 Report Cards Reveal Slow Reading Score Progress
Ohio's classroom overhaul in early literacy has not yet lifted results much; the state's assessments themselves remain unchanged for now.
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California adds science scores to school accountability dashboard
Science is tested in fifth and eighth grade in California, and schools will now be judged on those results.
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Teachers report mixed views on early childhood standardized assessments
This concerns younger children rather than grades 3-8, though the trend could eventually push required assessments into earlier years.
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Maine math scores stagnate across four rural counties
Families in these four counties should expect the same math test as before, with local results showing little year-over-year improvement.
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New Hampshire educators propose revised school assessment framework
Nothing changes for this year's tests; the proposal is still under discussion and would alter how schools, not students, are rated.
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Tennessee releases 2025-26 TCAP scores to families and public
Parents can log in now to see individual results and district comparisons, useful for planning tutoring or summer work before fall.
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Long-Term NAEP Data Shows Mixed Results for Nine and Thirteen Year Olds
These national results don't affect state exams directly, but the middle school slide mirrors what many families see on state score reports.