Topic: educational tests

Parental involvement would ease testing concerns

Cheating cases must be solved swiftly, surely

Ninth-grade test trips up one senior

8th-graders surpass 10th-grade test standards

4th-, 6th-graders show proficiency test improvement

State candidates should discuss proficiency tests

Proficiency test-based classes were popular summer school sessions

High schools will use new system for Honor Society selection

Schools predicting big improvement on proficiency tests

Educators grow frustrated by moving targets

Board presents Gary Smith award, hears concerns about November levy

Proficiency tests receive little support at local forum

Superintendent answers resident's question about staffing, enrollment

Board discusses value, future of proficiency tests

Special education intervention reviewed

Worthington students meeting state standards and improving

5 state board candidates call for change in Ohio Proficiency Test

OEA appreciates further study of state testing

Test opponents say meeting should be open

Parents provide input on proficiency tests

Tests provide opportunities

State 'punishes' district when parents take a stand

Schools might meet all 27 state report card standards

Testing will end 'as we know it'

State report card lacks value

Most Catholic school freshman pass test

Testing works, but not with feds involved

Seniors face final exams after all

Hung scores perfect 1600 on SAT

Schools prepare for new set of state tests

Reading test passage down, but district optimistic

Bring warmth to others this season

I am with President Bush

Changes are coming about for standardized testing

Federal law makes hurdles higher for school districts

New test serves as practice this year and next

Ohio Graduation Test examines knowledge at end of 10th grade

Federal education bill changes report cards

Eight schools earn perfect scores from state

Innocence or nothing to lose?

Colonial Hills parents upset by drop in scores

Southern resigns as Colonial Hills principal

Colonial Hills principal Southern quits

Southern lays out plans to improve proficiency scores at Colonial Hills

Report cards show Ohio's new accountability system

Wene explains nuts and bolts of new state indicators

R u embracing 'new' English?

Handful of students still need to pass math, science proficiencies

Sophomores are helping set bar for new Ohio Graduation Tests

5 elementary schools rated as 'excellent'

'OGT' stands for 'Oh Great, another Test'

School officials pleased with OGT scores

Sophomores ace practicerun on test

Testing officials question high rate of 'errors'

Board urges parents to push for changes to federal bill

Value of entrance testing questioned

Third-graders post solid reading marks

Students face state tests this month

Officials pleased with early Ohio Graduation Test scores

District expects to be 'excellent' again this year

Excesssive spending is the real issue

Districts' report card scores climb

Worthington has 22 Merit semifinalists

Perfect performance on ACT propels Jones into college

Preparation helped senior master test

ACT no match for prepared Thomas Worthington junior

Intervention helps seniors who failed test

Test scores often don't tell the whole story

More tenth-graders pass OGT on first try

Tests mean secon-guessing, confessing

Common Core is unfunded mandate

With standardized testing, devil is in the details

More to Common Core than meets the eye

District has much to celebrate, but challenges lie ahead

Common Core shifts decisions to D.C.

Common Core approach needs testimony from opponents, too

District leaders try to ease concerns about privacy during Common Core discussion

Achievement tests pushed back to week of May 5

Liu, 15, is perfwct on ACT, SAT - and wins lots of gold keys

Board opposes repeal of new law

Letters

Bowers: 'Too many testing events' disrupt education

Editorial cartoon

Forum examines pros, cons of standardized tests

State report cards: District PI scores will drop because of 'opt-outs'

Student assessments: Officials anticipate easier testing period

PARCC test results: Student opt-outs influence scores

Library lines: Sessions take mystery out of college tests

Year in review: District works to set a course, respond to changes

Worthington City Schools: District questions process of online testing

Superintendent's notebook: State of Schools, Quality Profile tell district's story

Library Lines: Test prep doesn't have to be stressful

Districts worry about 2018 class

Local take on ESSA: High-stakes tests remain in draft plan

District earns B on report card