Similarly, states screen with tests of basic skills in literacy and mathematics to ensure that the academic skills of would - be teachers are at least above some minimum threshold. (educationnext.org)
Piece by piece, our entire public education system is being redesigned in the service of increasing scores on standardized tests of basic skills. (saturdayeveningpost.com)
Before then, the high school dropout rate was almost 16 percent; the percentage of our elementary students meeting national norms on the Iowa Test of Basic Skills in reading was less than 37; the percentage of our students testing in the bottom quarter was about 32. (educationnext.org)