Natalia is a writer, editor, educator and published author with a passion for teaching. Her background in curriculum design led to her first published book, an educational workbook for Canadian school ...

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We continue to have grave concerns over whether our kids are learning the basics before being shuffled along to the next ...

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Old testing benchmarks in Illinois caused many students to underestimate how prepared they were for college. The new ...

Illinois education officials on Wednesday approved changes to their cut scores — the benchmarks used to determine proficiency — used for state standardized tests. "Prior performance levels mislabeled ...