Cheers
- New curricula are focused on building student knowledge to improve literacy. —Education Week
- Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry removed an alternative graduation route for students who fail the states graduation exam. —Louisiana Illuminator
- Standardized tests remain an important tool for measurement and accountability, so we must improve, not abolish, them. —Jessica Grose, New York Times
Jeers
- Young students entered kindergarten with lower reading and math scores than before the pandemic. —Wall Street Journal
