National Tests

plural noun

1. Often referred to as: SATs. education externally devised assessments in the core subjects of English, mathematics and science that school students in England and Wales sit at the end of Key Stages 1 to 3

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The proposed changes would mean most pupils in England sitting national tests in seven years of their school education:

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After deciding to break away from the national tests it had used for more than 50 years, the agency signed a $4.1-million deal last year with Meazure Learning to administer a new exam.

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She said she wants to keep the national tests because “if we don’t, states can ... be a little manipulative with their own results and their own testing.”

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Unsurprisingly, national tests show that only one in five students are reaching “proficiency” in civics.

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Fuller added, “The recovery does renew the steady progress made in the two decades prior to COVID-19. Still, L.A. students read a grade level below the average California pupil, as early as the fourth grade,” according to national tests.

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