This is the first of a two-part series on standardized testing. The second part will run next week. By definition, a standardized test is a test that is administered and scored in a consistent manner.

(TNS) — Many assumed — rightly or wrongly — that the common-core era would bring a windfall for companies in the state testing business. But one of the biggest shifts in the landscape so far has been ...

Data is necessary to provide assessment outcomes but data can only assess what it sets out to evaluate. There are many instances when data cannot capture the nuances and subtle effects that occur ...

At Pittsburgh’s Avonworth School District educators are experimenting with a new way to test digital tools they might buy for their classrooms. In the past, the approach to such an ed-tech pilot ...

Parents, students, teachers, and administrators place greater value on classroom tests and formative assessments than they do on summative tests used for accountability, according to a new survey. The ...

As educators, sometimes it seems like all we ever do is jump from preparing our students for one assessment to another. Reams have been written about the corrosive influence of pervasive testing in ...

Reporting from Washington — The Obama administration executed a significant about-face in its education policy Saturday, calling for a cap on the amount of time students spend taking standardized ...

Danira Flores stood in front of her class at Free State High School recently, delivering a lesson in trigonometry. But it took only a moment for outside observers to notice a few things out of the ...

PENNSYLVANIA, USA — To keep students learning in person, the state will offer voluntary COVID-19 testing in grades K through 12 this school year. Nose swabs will be tested to see if the virus has made ...

The omicron variant has quickly pulled North Texans back to where they've been before, staffing shortages due to sick workers, hospitals nearing capacity, and the governor calling for help. Now, North ...

A Massachusetts city will delay the return of public school students to the classroom following the Christmas and New Year's break until Wednesday as it conducts COVID-19 testing on students, faculty ...