With upcoming changes to both math standards and ACT testing for the state, South Dakota Secretary of Education Joseph Graves ...

South Dakota's 2025 graduating class earned an average ACT score of 21 – slightly lower than in 2024, but still higher than ...

Scholarship Institute reports on evolving standardized testing in the U.S., highlighting digital formats and AI's impact on preparation and scoring.

After analyzing student score reports, I’ve seen that most students don’t stop after their first attempt. It takes many students two to three test attempts to reach their desired scores. In this ...

The science section will now be optional on the ACT exam, and the exam duration will be decreased, the organizationannounced earlier this week. The writing section was made optional in 2005. Students ...

We know the struggle with mathematics—for both teachers and students—all too well. Students’ math scores, as per the “Nation’s Report Card,” have plunged to record lows. Misconceptions in early grades ...

MADISON TOWNSHIP — A perfect score on any portion of the ACT test is cause for celebration. But what about two perfect scores, which is what Samantha Myers achieved. "There was a lot of yelling in my ...

Students in grade 11 take the ACT test with a writing portion, which contains reading, English, mathematics, science and writing sections. In 2023-24, the DPI changed the standards for ELA and ...

Math is, by definition, a subject about numbers. But at the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics this week, math educators said the subject has its own language, too—and knowing how to speak it ...