Keyari Cooper started ninth-grade algebra with a decent attitude. Math wasn't her best subject, but the Pittsburg High School student thought she had a fighting chance to pass the course. Factoring, ...

High school freshman Brenden Shuler breezed through the state-standardized algebra test last year, but doesn’t really see the point of the exam. “If you have a good enough grade in that class, that ...

While the state’s standardized testing program is being revamped during the transition to the new Common Core State Standards, the fate of the high school exit exam – the one test students must pass – ...