Tag: Rhode Island Comprehensive Assessment System
Infante-Green to receive new 3-year contract as R.I.’s education commissioner
PROVIDENCE – Angélica Infante-Green is expected to remain the state’s education commissioner for the next three years.
The R.I. Council on Elementary and Secondary Education...
Attendance in R.I. public schools is on the rebound after pandemic...
Rhode Island kids aren’t skipping school as much as they used to.
In the 2023-2024 school year, there were 244,375 fewer absences across Rhode Island’s...
$3.8M in Learn365RI grants awarded across 29 municipalities
PROVIDENCE – Twenty-nine municipalities received a total of $3.8 million in Learn365RI grants to create or expand extended learning programs, with many focusing on...
McKee vows to raise incomes, shore up health care system, cut...
PROVIDENCE – Striking a note of optimism in the face of future deficits and the absence of unprecedented federal dollars in recent years, Gov....
RICAS results show educational improvement, but more work needed
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Education on Wednesday released its latest Rhode Island Comprehensive Assessment System exam results, which show year-to-year improved student...
Some doubt lingers over Learn365RI initiative
In Newport, Mayor Xaykham “Xay” Khamsyvoravong sees all the ingredients for student success – not just within the school system and among students but...
30 school districts receive $3.8M in funding as part of McKee’s...
PROVIDENCE – Thirty public school districts across the state received close to $3.8 million in grants aimed to support launches or expanding extended student...
Is it fair to blame COVID-19 for the state’s decline in...
Rhode Island student test scores in both reading and math have declined since 2019, according to the “Nations Report Card” issued Oct. 24 by...
RIPEC: R.I.’s K-12 education system is in crisis
PROVIDENCE – The K-12 education system in Rhode Island is in crisis.
That's the conclusion the Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council made in its newly...
Report: COVID-19 disrupted R.I. students’ learning, could take 3-5 years to...
PROVIDENCE – A study from the National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment released Thursday notes that K-12 students across Rhode Island had...