Officials to decide Wednesday how to describe student performance on state tests. New plan moves away from using 'inconsistent' for lowest-scoring students.

Z-score is measured in terms of standard deviations from the mean. In investing and trading, Z-scores are measures of an instrument's variability and can be used by traders to help determine ...

Low score always wins, no matter the number. And it's time to stop this fascination with how low they go. The standard in golf is getting higher, meaning scores should be getting lower.

Student scores have been ranked in one of four categories on California's annual tests in math, reading and science: Standard ...