This is the first of a two-part series on standardized testing. The second part will run next week. By definition, a standardized test is a test that is administered and scored in a consistent manner.

Data is necessary to provide assessment outcomes but data can only assess what it sets out to evaluate. There are many instances when data cannot capture the nuances and subtle effects that occur ...

Reporting from Washington — The Obama administration executed a significant about-face in its education policy Saturday, calling for a cap on the amount of time students spend taking standardized ...

At Pittsburgh’s Avonworth School District educators are experimenting with a new way to test digital tools they might buy for their classrooms. In the past, the approach to such an ed-tech pilot ...

Corrected: A table in a story that appeared in the Aug. 5 issue of Education Week included the wrong number for the classroom assessment testing in the 2007-08 year. It is $821.9 million. Many assumed ...

(TNS) — Many assumed — rightly or wrongly — that the common-core era would bring a windfall for companies in the state testing business. But one of the biggest shifts in the landscape so far has been ...

As educators, sometimes it seems like all we ever do is jump from preparing our students for one assessment to another. Reams have been written about the corrosive influence of pervasive testing in ...

The Clearing House is a must-have for middle school and high school teachers and administrators. Focusing on the "how to" aspect of teaching, the journal offers informative and practical articles on ...

“Why do we insist on measuring it with a micrometer when we mark it with chalk and cut it with an axe?” (Peter Ewell) Thanks to an increased research focus, we now know more than ever about “best ...

OAKLAND, Calif. & BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As more and more schools work to support in-person learning environments, communities across the country have turned to COVID-19 testing programs to monitor ...

VICKSBURG, MI -- Vicksburg Community Schools is expanding previous environmental testing of a kindergarten classroom at Sunset Lake Elementary after concerns posted on social media suggesting recent ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- Is there lead and asbestos at your kids' school? In North Carolina, testing for lead in school water used to be voluntary, but now a law has made that testing mandatory. The ...