Districts should invest in ongoing, practical training that helps teachers understand both new technology and how formative ...

Tests are king in many school systems and other educational environments: they are seen as an efficient way to assess what knowledge students have retained, and how well they do on a level playing ...

Parents, teachers, and district administrators consider formative and interim tests far more valuable than summative assessments, according to a recent survey. And if state test results arrive more ...

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – The Oregon Department of Education released results Thursday from the Oregon Statewide Assessment System’s spring 2024 summative tests, which they said "highlight there is more ...

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 ...

For more than a decade, teachers, administrators, students, and even parents have criticized the No Child Left Behind Act—and, now, the Obama administration’s waivers under that law—for giving too ...

STAMFORD — City high schools will not be holding midterm and final exams this school year, and the long-standing practice of end-of-semester assessments may never return in Stamford. The tests were ...

INDIANAPOLIS — An option for schools to divvy up portions of Indiana’s ILEARN exams was approved by state lawmakers at the end of the 2024 legislative session and will change how thousands of Hoosier ...

Oregon students are participating more and, in some cases, testing at higher levels in English, math and science. But a majority of students fall short of proficiency. For the first time since the ...

California schools will be expected to administer Smarter Balanced and other statewide tests this spring, but districts can select alternatives in cases where these tests are not “viable” to ...