When my bosses volunteered me to take a practice exam covering the Common Core's Grade 11 math standards, I wholeheartedly agreed. As an accountant, I work with numbers all day. So, I figured, how ...

High-school juniors in Seattle were the ones who made headlines this spring for protesting the state’s new math and reading exams, but preliminary state figures show the revolt was deeper and more ...

Minnesota students showed some progress in reading on the state’s standardized tests and 11th graders did even better on the math portion, but over half still weren’t considered proficient, the ...

Math remained a struggle. English language arts had a stronger showing. And with science — this past year, at least — it was hard to tell. Results from state exams taken in the spring were released ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed legislation on Sunday that would have let school districts substitute the SAT or ACT college entrance exams for the state’s standardized 11th grade math and reading/writing ...