The Arizona Department of Education just released the spring 2024 assessment results, and the data show little to no progress ...

Standardized testing continues to be a critical component in education/ college admissions, even as technology shapes the ...

Standardized testing has long been a contentious topic in the field of education. While the primary goal of standardized testing is to measure student achievement and set benchmarks for educational ...

Standardized testing results may force teachers to work toward increasing test scores rather than students’ knowledge, panelists said yesterday at the Data-Driven Student Achievement forum. The panel ...

Standardized tests are good for comparing large groups to each other, but they are terrible mechanisms for measuring an individual student’s understanding. One problem is standardized tests penalize ...

This bears repeating whenever the subject of high stakes testing comes up. There’s a very strong correlation between standardized test scores and family income. Test scores are higher in areas with ...

More than half of Vermont students in 3rd through 9th grade are not proficient in math, according to preliminary Vermont ...

As another school year draws to a close, kids of all ages are anxiously awaiting summer vacation. But before the final bell rings, students in elementary and middle school have one last hurdle to leap ...

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The Nov. 1 early application deadline for most colleges is almost here. More than at any time in the year — especially since COVID upended many college admissions precedents — I get a litany of ...