Students who perform below certain goals on the statewide test in reading and math must attend summer school, or be held back.

Our statewide annual tests in Grades 4, 6, 8 and 10 have identified it.

But he does tell parents that most children who follow the Kumon system can pass the statewide tests.

Within the next seven years, the federal law requires 100 percent of students in all schools to meet standards measured by statewide tests.

Scores on the statewide tests are grouped into four levels.

In Texas, administrators' contracts can be tied to results on a statewide test.

A school could face sanctions if not enough students in any of the specific groups pass the statewide tests.

He also supported a major education bill that included new statewide tests for students.

This year marks the first statewide test of the new rules, and the results are not in yet.

Results from a more familiar statewide test, which has shown a long-term drop in scores, have not yet been released.