National tests for high school seniors show declines among low-performing students, and officials are overlooking an obvious reason: standard teaching methods conflict with scientific evidence. Scores ...

Amid the heated debates over testing, “grading for equity,” and test-optional college admissions, it’s easy to throw up one’s hands in exasperation. That’s what makes a new book by Ethan Hutt and Jack ...

JUPITER, Fla. (CBS12) — Students across the state have just finished up their FAST tests – that’s the state-required standardized tests that, starting in 3rd grade, they need to pass to make it to the ...

Test-optional college admission was trending even before the pandemic disrupted in-person standardized testing and made it difficult for all students to take the SAT and ACT. Since then, fewer ...

You could be cramming at the last minute and exhausting yourself which would have an adverse effect on grades.<BR><BR>Personally, if I actually studied, I always did exceptionally. If I studied a ...

As pressure mounts on colleges to document what their students learn, it remains tough to judge from outside the classroom how much knowledge they gain from their academic experience. The traditional ...

More harm than good comes from issuing school grades. They brand schools, they pit schools against each other, they mar a school’s reputation in the community based on limited information, and they ...

Schools are reporting more problems involving state testing. This time, schools across the state say they are having issues with the way 5th and 8th grade writing tests were graded. Students spent ...

To the editor: The Times Editorial Board asks about California’s standardized test results, “What’s with that abysmal showing by 11th-graders?” I have taught 11th grade English for 13 years, and I ...

RALEIGH, N.C.— Starting in third grade, your child will begin taking standardized tests in North Carolina. What do they take and when? It all depends on the grade and school district they are in. What ...