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High school students' grades keep getting better, but standardized tests tell a different story. According to new research, while grade inflation is continuing to drive high school grades up, students ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO)– With upcoming changes to both math standards and ACT testing for the state, South Dakota Secretary of Education Joseph Graves talked about some of the changes they are ...

Ensuring grades are fair and meaningful is not as easy as A, B, C (or D or F). As they address the lingering affects of the COVID-19 pandemic, districts are struggling to square fairness and ...

High school grade inflation ratcheted up in 2019 and the pace accelerated during the pandemic, according to ACT, the national college testing group. The findings echo a recent federal study that also ...