When discussing the pitfalls of high-stakes standardized testing, critics often point out the enormous pressure put on individual students. Perhaps we should hone in more on the pressure felt by each ...

The General Assembly kicks up its heels this month along with the National Western Stock Show. Both should offer some ...

For many, spring means longer days, warmer weather, and a return to the great outdoors. For some, spring means one last push to wrap up school, including studying and sitting for final examinations or ...

As fall arrives, the virulence of the culture wars keeps battering K-12 classrooms and obscuring a more fundamental sickness in our education system, one I am reminded of as Georgia's Fulton County ...

ALBANY — For a second day in a row, some schools in New York could not administer standardized tests because of problems with the computer system students use to take the exams. The ongoing problem ...

Two main criticisms have crystallized from the standardized testing debate in recent years. The first is that a three-hour standardized test isn’t an accurate measure of ability. This is an attractive ...

Reasonable people can come to different conclusions about the proper role of standardized testing, what qualities should be measured and how to measure them. Those debates are healthy and productive.

With many students returning to school in September, educators are preparing their classes for the new year and getting ready for the standardized testing that takes place annually. These standardized ...

Oklahoma State Department of Education officials now acknowledge that 9,100 students across the state had standardized tests disrupted by the testing vendor's computer problems last week - more than ...

It’s hard to admit when you’ve made a mistake. And it’s rare for a mea culpa to come from the world of education. Yet, that’s what Dartmouth did this week. Sort of. Why is it doing that? Dartmouth ...

The Arkansas Board of Education on Thursday will consider approval of two dozen standardized testing programs, and a similar number of accrediting agencies for private schools participating in the ...

In college admissions, test optional has transformed from the exception to the rule. More than 1,900 U.S. colleges and universities now do not require applicants to submit standardized test scores.