Montana applied for a waiver in February, asking to not have to administer the statewide reading/language arts, mathematics and science assessments this spring.
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As students across Montana begin Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium testing, many parents are left wondering what exactly the test is and the point behind it all.
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Wyoming schools can begin administering the state's new statewide student assessment beginning Monday.
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Wyoming students continue to exceed national average test scores in reading and mathematics on the National Assessment of Edu…
Results from a national elementary and middle school test will be released Tuesday, providing a key look into how Wyoming's schools are performing compared to the rest of the U.S.
LARAMIE, Wyo. — The average ACT score of incoming University of Wyoming freshmen increased between fall 2016 and 2017.
Standardized test scores for high school juniors dipped last year, according to information released by the Office of Public Instruction.
A review of policies and procedures at the Office of Public Instruction in the wake of Superintendent of Public Instruction Elsie Arntzen's de…
An “external investigation” that Superintendent of Public Instruction Elsie Arntzen said is examining Montana’s use of the ACT test is not an …
Montana released scores for the second year of computerized standardized testing for students Wednesday, showing that statewide proficiency le…
The Montana Board of Public Education approved a plan for high school juniors to take the ACT in place of Smarter Balanced exams to fulfill na…
Superintendent of Public Instruction Denise Juneau might as well have delivered an early Christmas present to high schools when she announced …
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The Wyoming Department of Education disagrees with the federal Department of Education when it comes to how well schools in t…
CASPER, Wyo. — Wyoming schools are still struggling to transition to the state’s tougher education standards two years after they were impleme…
The state Board of Public Education won’t penalize schools that cancel Smarter Balanced testing, its members agreed Thursday.
The agency that told Montana schools they could cancel glitch-prone Common Core tests may not have had the authority to do so, violating a sta…
The decision this week by the head of Montana schools to allow school districts to opt out of glitch-prone Smarter Balanced exams has thrown M…
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Students completed work Friday on the state standardized test, PAWS, or the Proficiency Assessments for Wyoming Students, and…
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — It may be a while before parents find out how their students did on PAWS, the Proficiency Assessments for Wyoming Students.
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Students at some Cheyenne-area schools aren't done with standardized testing for the year.
HELENA — Students won’t be sharpening number two pencils to take the state standardized test this spring.
