Leah Todd

July 2, 2015 at 10:50 am

Students did better on new tests than state had predicted

A preliminary look at how Washington students did on the new Smarter Balanced exams shows they did better than many feared. Still, passing rates were...

July 1, 2015 at 5:04 am

Study: More testing refusals in wealthy districts

A new study in New York state suggests that more New York students refused to take state exams in wealthy school districts than in less...

Education Lab

June 30, 2015 at 8:24 pm

Education budget: Will it be enough to appease court?

State lawmakers are congratulating themselves on a job well done after agreeing on a budget that invests an additional $1.3 billion in public schools, but...

June 26, 2015 at 6:43 pm

Graduation at risk for 2,000 because of stalemate on testing

A bill that would remove the state biology exam as a high-school-graduation requirement has stalled in the state Legislature, putting the diplomas of as many...

First Place Scholars Charter School, Fri., Jan. 23, 2015, in Seattle.

June 24, 2015 at 7:29 pm

Charter-school panel learns lesson from troubles at First Place

Right out of the gate, the state panel governing charter schools faced a tough decision about whether to pull the plug on the state’s first...

June 24, 2015 at 6:03 am

Testing group: Poor scheduling to blame for scoring delays

The testing vendor in charge of new Smarter Balanced exams said miscalculations about how many scorers were needed led to delays in how fast the...

Education Lab

June 22, 2015 at 7:46 pm

Probe of Garfield trip finds district may also be at fault after groping allegations

A district investigation into a Garfield High field trip raises the question of whether the district shares some of the blame for problems on the...

June 18, 2015 at 5:00 pm

State’s first charter school given more time to fix its problems

After months of back-and-forth, the state commission governing charter schools decided Thursday to let First Place Scholars continue to operate as a taxpayer-supported but independently...

June 16, 2015 at 6:04 pm

Seattle schools to vote on $325K settlement in weightlifting case

The Seattle School Board will vote Wednesday whether to approve a $325,000 settlement with a former Nathan Hale High School student who says he suffered...

June 16, 2015 at 5:01 am

State can’t explain slowdown on scoring of new Common Core tests

Scoring the new Common Core-based tests is taking longer than anticipated in Washington state, and the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction doesn't know why.

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