Standardized test

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Test-Score Growth Is the Best Metric We Have for Understanding School Performance

By Cory Koedel | Read Time 3 min

School test, test scores, declining test scores, NAEP, Missouri education performance

Education | ARTICLE | February 3, 2026

To the Missouri House Elementary and Secondary Education Committee: We Have a Problem

By Cory Koedel | Read Time 3 min

Education | ARTICLE | January 21, 2026

We Need State Standardized Tests

By Cory Koedel | Read Time 4 min

College campus, meritocracy, math achievement, UCSD, educational excellence

Education | ARTICLE | November 17, 2025

We’re Destroying Meritocracy

By Cory Koedel | Read Time 3 min

MAP testing, Missouri reading scores, early literacy reforms, childhood reading, reading to learn, third grade retention

Education | ARTICLE | August 20, 2025

Missouri’s Stagnant Reading Scores

By Avery Frank | Read Time 2 min

Education | ARTICLE | July 9, 2025

What’s in a NAEP Score?

By Cory Koedel | Read Time 3 min

Education | ARTICLE | June 18, 2025

Grading for Equity in San Francisco, and What It Means for Missouri

By Cory Koedel | Read Time 2 min

Missouri education policy, omnibus bills, SB 68, school choice, cell phone bans

Education | ARTICLE | May 28, 2025

Senate Bill 68: Another Education Omnibus, Part 2

By Avery Frank | Read Time 3 min

Education | ARTICLE | May 22, 2025

“May Malaise” and the Value of Testing in Schools

By Cory Koedel | Read Time 2 min

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