Latrenda Knighten has always liked math. As a child, she remembers breezing through timed tests ‒ high speed, low stakes assignments that challenge students to complete a number of simple problems in ...

In an essay by Hilary Phan, published by UCLA Center for Mental Health in Schools, she estimated that between 40% and 60% of high school students are negatively affected by test anxiety. Test anxiety ...

State Education Commissioner Betty Rosa & Co. are recommending that teachers stop giving timed math quizzes, writes The Post Editorial Board. AP Proving once again that children’s interests are the ...

Re “Timed Tests Are Biased Against Your Kids” (Opinion guest essay, Sept. 22): As a retired high school teacher who taught both general English and International Baccalaureate literature, I had a knee ...