Only three percent of Grade 9 pupils achieved above 50% in the latest Annual National Assessment (ANA) tests. The tests, which are set externally and have become an annual feature in the Department of ...

Nationwide scores plummeted in math and fell significantly in reading in 2022 on the National Assessment of Educational Progress or NAEP, providing new evidence of the pandemic’s unparalleled impact ...

The exams were intended to test student achievement in math. After a disastrous performance last school year by middle and high school students, the “common semester assessments” have become a test in ...

Secondary students will be required to pass a literacy and numeracy test to gain their NCEA qualification. Less than half of students passed the writing standard in the third pilot of the new NCEA ...