Glass is among those critical of Iowa Assessments as a “norm referenced” test intended to compare academic performance among students. In an interview with Times editorial page editor Mark Ridolfi, he ...

SIOUX CITY (KTIV) - A new statewide report card shows encouraging improvements among Iowa students. On Wednesday, Aug. 20, the Iowa Department of Education announced Iowa showed notable growth in ...

Iowa students have begun to show improvement in English language arts, according to newly released state testing results. Iowa’s English language arts proficiency rates ranged from 68% to 80% on the ...

Iowa students with disabilities and English language learners continue to lag behind their peers in English language arts and mathematics new spring 2024 state assessment data shows. The 2024 spring ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (KCRG) - The Iowa Department of Education announced the results of the 2025 Iowa Statewide Assessment of Student Progress (ISASP). The ISASP assessment results were based on students ...

Education faces a lot of criticism, some with good cause. The U.S. ranks low in reading and math compared with other developed nations. A recent trend to combat our shortcomings is to “assess” ...

The good news is that overall statewide test scores for Iowa's public schools weren't any worse than last year. The bad news is they weren't much better, either. As a whole, students who took the 2022 ...

Latest Iowa Statewide Assessment of Student Progress show English language art proficiency is improving. Students with disabilities and those learning English continue to lag behind peers. Iowa ...