Within a few short weeks, families around the city will breathe a sigh of relief as another school year draws to a close. For many, the most recent school year was a welcome return to something more ...

CHERRY HILL, N.J. – In a dose of pre-COVID-19 normalcy, the SATs will go on this spring in pandemic or in health. Most public school districts make daily decisions on whether hybrid cohorts head into ...

As states and districts debate which standardized tests are best for students, they are evaluating many factors, including curriculum alignment, the amount of time the assessments take, and how soon ...

Educators need to use both “assessments for learning” and “assessments of learning” to gauge and improve student progress, according to a report from an education publisher. In the report, experts ...

With a nod to California, a new repor t suggests overhauling how school and student success is measured in the United States. The report, by the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education and ...

“In the aftermath of PARCC and Smarter Balanced’s recent pilots, ‘testing’ is the acrid word on most ISTE educators’ tongues when it comes to negativity around Common Core,” wrote Mary Jo Madda in her ...

A Connecticut elementary school principal is on administrative leave after public school officials announced that the district was “made aware of alleged state testing irregularities.” Very little ...

With the state expected to unveil a new standardized testing program in the coming months, educators, union leaders and parents have joined forces to oppose more frequent interim assessments, which ...

Just Say No to Random Drug Testing"In our system, state-operated schools may not be enclaves of totalitarianism. School officials do not possess absolute authority over their students. Students in ...

Most school superintendents think students spend too much time on tests but report that their districts are still investing time in test-preparation strategies, according to a survey. The findings ...