If this year’s English Language Arts test questions looked familiar to third- through eighth-graders who took the state exams, that's because they were. Questions many students had seen in practice ...

Note: This story has been updated with clarification from the New York State Department of Education. New York state is changing the minimum scores required to be considered proficient on state math ...

Students in grades 3-8 will begin taking new standardized ELA tests on Wednesday, and new math tests are coming soon. These tests have been long in development — they're supposed to measure how well ...