Big name standardized assessments—like the SAT, ACT, and many state exams—give test takers the opportunity to listen to a ...

Official-looking booklets are passed out. You hurriedly fill out a scantron. Hours later, the proctor says “pencils down,” and your results are secret for months. This is standardized testing in ...

In a recent tweet, Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, asserted: "Standardized testing doesn't help kids learn, and it doesn't help teachers teach." Instead, she argued ...

In August of 2011, an earthquake hit Virginia, with an epicenter somewhere near the Charlottesville area. Though relatively small when compared to typical West Coast earthquakes, the magnitude of the ...

Donna Moro, principal of The Jack Abrams STEM Magnet School in Huntington Station, sent parents a message Wednesday morning ...

Since this past March, schools across the United States have been intermittently shuttered and (partially) reopened – in most cases, with little notice to students, families, and educators. Since ...

NIXA, Mo. – Students are beginning to take standardized tests in Missouri again. Only this time, their results won’t make schools miss out on funding or recognition. Instead, districts across the ...

The future of the big standardized test is in doubt. This year’s pandemic pause made the annual rite of spring both logistically impossible and generally pointless as a means of data collection. With ...

Guidance from the U.S. Department of Education on standardized testing for the 2020-21 school year, Feb. 22, 2021. State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond reaction to federal testing ...

The debate about standardized testing for students in 2021 is continuing to rage, or at least continuing on a slow, endless simmer. The argument in favor of collecting data is a compelling one. It is ...

The New Mexico Public Education Department urged schools to ramp up standardized testing this fall to pinpoint potential learning gaps caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an announcement ...