TEACHERS will have instant access to the results of online maths and reading comprehension tests when students take them next month. The State Government will today announce $3.2 million in funding ...

It is among the most common of nightmares. You dream of taking a test for which you are completely unprepared — you’ve never studied the material or even attended the course. For millions of American ...

As schools around the nation scramble to respond to the alarm bells set off by falling scores on “the nation’s report card,” we—two university professors who teach reading courses and who are former ...

As the saying goes, competition brings out the best in products, and sometimes, the worst in people. In the case of Volkswagen fuel emissions scandal, it has led to both bad products and unethical ...

Classroom collaboration software exists, but Disrupt New York Hackathon participant Epigrammar thinks its approach better tackles the issue of student grammar, test creation and comprehension.

The most recent data we have—from 2011—shows that only 27% of students score proficient or above in writing. The next writing test isn't scheduled until 2030. Every two years we hear how American ...

The government has defended tests for Year 6 pupils across England, after some parents and teachers said a paper in this week's Sats was too difficult. One head teacher said the English reading test ...

While this problem has received considerable attention, no clear explanation has emerged. In my recent PhD thesis, I considered a crucial, but often overlooked, piece of the puzzle – the curriculum ...

On October 13, 2025 local time, a research paper investigating the impact of social media use on cognitive ability in adolescents was published in JAMA, one of the world's most prestigious medical ...

Year 8 pupils in England will have to sit reading tests at school under government plans due to be released this autumn, the BBC understands. The mandatory tests, first reported by Schools Week,, ...