Are Standardized State Tests Easier Than the National Ones?

It appears so. 
Here’s a cool tool you can use to see for yourself.  Simply scroll across the USA and see how each state measures up in terms of the rigorousness of its state test versus the nationalized test. Click the tab to select either the reading or math test scores, and keep in mind that these [...]

Summer Program Pays DC Students To Prepare For College

Okay, so I tend to throw some popcorn at The Washington Post Company and its holdings, Newsweek magazine, Kaplan education empire, and of course, The Washington Post newspaper.  But that doesn’t mean I’m not willing to share the good news. 
 Of course, I did read it in The Washington Post, but if you can get past that, [...]