The backlash against standardized tests has left lawmakers searching for ways to keep parents happy yet still hold schools, and students, accountable ...

Official-looking booklets are passed out. You hurriedly fill out a scantron. Hours later, the proctor says “pencils down,” and your results are secret for months. This is standardized testing in ...

Jim Wismer, Director of Community Relations with the National Test Prep Association and Director of Ivy Experience, is ...

In August of 2011, an earthquake hit Virginia, with an epicenter somewhere near the Charlottesville area. Though relatively small when compared to typical West Coast earthquakes, the magnitude of the ...

America’s K–12 standardized-testing system has fallen short in providing educators with the necessary tools to improve student achievement. Administering frequent hybrid exams—which combine ...

In a recent tweet, Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, asserted: "Standardized testing doesn't help kids learn, and it doesn't help teachers teach." Instead, she argued ...

Since this past March, schools across the United States have been intermittently shuttered and (partially) reopened – in most cases, with little notice to students, families, and educators. Since ...

The future of the big standardized test is in doubt. This year’s pandemic pause made the annual rite of spring both logistically impossible and generally pointless as a means of data collection. With ...

The New Mexico Public Education Department urged schools to ramp up standardized testing this fall to pinpoint potential learning gaps caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an announcement ...

The debate about standardized testing for students in 2021 is continuing to rage, or at least continuing on a slow, endless simmer. The argument in favor of collecting data is a compelling one. It is ...