Thousands of children sit first 2025 transfer test

Over 13,000 children in primary seven sit the first transfer test of 2025 on Saturday. The test is run by a body called the ...

An L of an achievement - Kingswinford pensioner passed driving test first time at age of 72

A pensioner has become the oldest pupil at a Kingswinford driving school to pass her test - and at the first time of asking.
New Atlas

Measuring pupil dilation offers promising early-stage Alzheimer’s diagnostic test

Scientists from the University of California San Diego School of Medicine are suggesting Alzheimer’s disease may be detected years before symptoms appear by examining pupil dilation. The new study ...
Houston Chronicle

Teachers dislike test being key to pupil promotions

Only 10 percent of Texas teachers believe a test should decide whether students are promoted or held back a grade, a recent survey found. David Henderson, who has conducted the biennial teacher survey ...
Education Week

N.Y.C. Schools Collecting Pupil Test Data on Teachers

New York City is collecting data to measure the performance of 2,500 teachers based on how well their students perform on tests, but the experiment is under fire from the local teachers’ union. Under ...
GEN

Eye Pupil Dilation Might Serve as Screening Test for Alzheimer’s

Researchers at the University of California (UC) San Diego School of Medicine say that with further developments measuring how quickly a person’s pupil dilates while they are taking cognitive tests ...
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Teacher exonerated as DNA test proves he's not father of his former pupil's child

A Ghanaian teacher named Eric Dwamena has been exonerated following a DNA test which proved that he is not the biological father of his former basic school pupil's child. For several months, the ...