Test scores Coverage

Moms for Liberty brings message of frustration to NC town hall

Speakers focused on problems in public schools and suggested more discipline and having schools cut ties with federal programs and outside nonprofits as solutions.

Emily Walkenhorst, WRAL education reporter

Study links rise in air pollution to lower student test scores

Polluted air could be dragging down test scores for kids, according to a recent study of students in North Carolina.

NC education leaders want to change how schools are graded. Here's what that would look like

State Superintendent Catherine Truitt and other Department of Public Instruction leaders say the state's current school accountability system is broken. They proposed to lawmakers Monday a new way of grading schools.

Emily Walkenhorst, WRAL education reporter

State superintendent proposing new way to grade your child's school

If you're looking to move to a new area, you'll likely be comparing school grades. Right now, school's performance grades only tell you about test scores -- but the state superintendent wants to take more factors into account.

Nash County Schools no longer 'low-performing,' new test scores show

Nash County Public Schools is celebrating significant strides in academic success.

NC school test scores still below pre-pandemic levels

North Carolina students scored better on their standardized tests this spring than last year, indicating some rebound toward pre-pandemic academic achievement is happening.

Wake schools bounce back in math, but are still down in reading and science, new test data show

Wake County public schools are outperforming most North Carolina schools in learning recovery, having suffered less learning loss during the pandemic.

Emily Walkenhorst, WRAL education reporter, and Shelle Jackson, WRAL reporter

Is learning recovery happening in NC? Experts find reasons for optimism -- and room for improvement -- in new test data

Schools are implementing proven methods to accelerate student learning, experts tell WRAL News. But those practices need to be even more intense to catch students up to pre-pandemic achievement levels within the next year -- before federal funding meant to help is gone.

Emily Walkenhorst, WRAL education reporter

How well did your school do? Look up 2023 test scores here

How well did your child's school do during spring tests? Check out our searchable tables on school performance grades and grade-level proficiency

Emily Walkenhorst, WRAL education reporter

NC school test scores, still below pre-pandemic levels, show signs of learning recovery

Experts have predicted a full rebound to pre-pandemic scores would take years.

Emily Walkenhorst, WRAL education reporter

How long you breastfeed may impact your kids' test scores

A new study that tracked kids from infancy to high school found there's a connection between breastfeeding and test scores.

State Superintendent of Public Instruction addresses major drop in test scores

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Catherine Truitt talks drop in test scores among NC students.

Johnston County Board of Education moves to help low-performing schools

The Johnston County Board of Education will meet to discuss how to help low-performing schools

Nia Harden, WRAL reporter

NC finding ways to combat widespread drop in test scores

The U.S. Department of Education wants to go all-in on education funding in light of newly-released test scores that show students aren't performing as well as they should.

How should NC schools be graded? State superintendent is asking for input

Superintendent Catherine Truitt has repeatedly questioned whether the state's A-F grading system is truly fair.

Emily Walkenhorst, WRAL education reporter

State Board of Education to vote on new passing scores for reading, science tests

Most of North Carolina's third through eighth grade students wouldn't have passed their end-of-grade reading exams from this spring, under the new "cut scores" being considered by the North Carolina State Board of Education.

Emily Walkenhorst, WRAL education reporter

A simple way to equalize the Ivies? Give others the legacy SAT bonus

What if middle-class and low-income students got the same sort of edge in college admissions that children of alumni often receive?

Dana Goldstein and Anemona Hartocollis, New York Times

Couple gets prison time for rigging daughter's test scores to get into Duke

A Duke University alumna and her husband must each spend a month in federal prison for rigging their daughter's SAT and ACT scores to improve her chances of getting into Duke.

Sarah Krueger, WRAL Durham reporter

Students frustrated after high school loses their completed ACT tests

A Moore County high school lost more than 400 students' ACT scores, officials said Tuesday.

Moore County school loses more than 400 completed ACT tests

Officials at Pinecrest High School said more than 400 students' completed ACT tests were not submitted for scoring.

Kasey Cunningham, WRAL reporter, & Deborah Strange, WRAL digital journalist

Bad math: Software error tweaks grades in NC schools

A software error caused public school students around North Carolina to receive incorrect end-of-term grades this school year, state education officials said.

SAT grades are out, but fewer students are participating

The 2018 SAT results are out for North Carolina and you can search the results here. But with less than half of the state's high school students taking the tests, the results do not represent the quality of the state's high schools.

Bill would provide gifted low-income students better access to advanced math classes

Legislation designed to open advanced math classes up to more low-income students statewide received unanimous approval Wednesday in the House.

Matthew Burns, WRAL.com senior producer/politics editor