The seven-member task force, which will include a principal, a finance officer and a curriculum expert, also will examine whether college-placement exams might be merged with existing AIMS questions ...

What changes would you make to the AIMS test? "I think that the AIMS test is getting easier every year, because they're getting more kids to pass. What is the point of a standardized test if you're ...

PHOENIX — For the next two days, third-through-eighth grade students who are taking the AIMS test are getting free breakfast at McDonald’s. The breakfast includes an Egg McMuffin, apple slices and a ...

PHOENIX – For the first time, third-graders who fail the reading portion of state-required standardized testing will not advance to fourth grade. Gov. Jan Brewer signed a law in 2010 called Move On ...

Pop Quiz: What happens when Native American students take the AIMS test? The all-too-common, all-too-sad answer: They fail to meet minimum standards. Whether they’re in third grade, eighth grade or ...

The Arizona Measurement of Educational Readiness to Inform Teaching, or AzMERIT, will be heading to classrooms in the spring. The Arizona State Board of Education has selected the American Institute ...