By Dale Chu From Missouri to Texas to Illinois, state leaders are debating the nuts and bolts of annual assessments. Whether it’s recalibrating score reports, lowering proficiency bars, or scrapping tests entirely, the constant is that state testing policy remains under pressure. Missouri adds a “grade-level” mark to test reports…
By Dale Chu and Lindsay Fryer You’d be forgiven for missing it, buried as it is in the weeds of the Trump administration’s fiscal year 2026 budget request. But tucked into the document is something we haven’t seen from Washington in years: a clear, affirmative statement of support for…
By Dale Chu As a former member of the Naperville District 203 Board of Education, Kristin Fitzgerald spent over a decade working on the front lines of education, advocating for policies that address achievement gaps. Her tenure on the board—where she helped drive key decisions about school improvement, assessments,…