Results from the first round of the Arizona Merit test have been released by the Arizona State Board of Education this year. In 2010, the board adopted and fully implemented new state standards called ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Recently, we asked in a survey what issues were most important to you as we approach election season. The top answer was education— one area where the state of Arkansas could soon ...

For almost the past four decades, academic standards have been a defining focus of efforts to improve student achievement. The movement for high academic standards—determinations of what students ...

Shifting academic standards are taking center stage in the state superintendent race this spring. Department of Public Instruction Superintendent Jill Underly, who is running for reelection, ...