There are valid criticisms about the current structure of state standardized testing in schools; the solution is not to get rid of these assessments but rather to design them differently. Federal law ...

Para leer en español, haz clic aquí. Kindergartners at Pella Christian Grade School made themselves comfortable at their lunch tables, playfully throwing their carrots in the air, wiggling around on ...

This analysis of testing in schools shows what the current debate gets wrong, and how educators and policymakers can create a future where assessments are a more effective part of the teaching and ...

Here comes another standardized testing season with all the administrator anxiety, teacher turmoil and student disaffection. So much of it that, at least in high schools, those mass assessments do as ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark C. Perna is a generational expert who covers education & careers. Every year, teachers and students across America brace for ...

Schooling as we have known it for the past couple of centuries or more has never been a great means of education. It relies on coercion. It is premised on the misguided assumption that everyone can ...

State tests are a familiar annual ritual—every spring, students in grades 3-8 take exams that assess what they know and are able to do in reading and math. Mandated by federal accountability policy, ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. There is something in education called time on task. Time on task is an educational jargon ...

The Oregon Department of Education’s (ODE) state board hosted a work group Monday that declared standardized testing is rooted in White supremacy and has been "weaponized" against students of color.

North Carolina education officials are recommending that the state end a testing requirement for college students who want to become teachers. Typically, for a college sophomore to be admitted into a ...

The most common way to certify teachers in Iowa for language immersion schools is a test offered only in English. Neighboring Midwest states have similar barriers. Para leer en español, haz clic aquí.