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Ask & Answer: Why do North Carolina students take standardized tests?

Many of North Carolina’s students are in the middle of taking their standardized tests, or just wrapping them up. Whether it’s an end-of-grade test or the SAT for college admissions, taking these tests is a significant part of the school experience, and we’ve gotten many questions from you about why students take these tests and how they work.…


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Three important events to register for today please.

John-Paul Smith will be on a panel tomorrow on June 7 at 3pm along with leaders from ExcelinEd and EdTrust to talk about the importance of high-dosage tutoring. Register here. I’ll be live tweeting @Mebane_Rash.

Please join Rupen and EdNC in Raleigh on Thursday night at 6pm to talk literacy and the science of reading. Here is more information including the link to register. We will have food and swag.

Please join us and others at the DRIVE summit from 9-4pm on June 17 at North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro. Register here.

DRIVE stands for Developing a Representative & Inclusive Vision for Education. The last drive summit in December before the pandemic was the largest gathering of educators of colors in North Carolina.

Here is a video with more information about why this matters so so much.

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Mebane Rash
Mebane Rash is the CEO and editor-in-chief of EducationNC.

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