A new paper from an assessment expert cautions the state consortia that are designing common tests that while computer-based and computer-adaptive testing offer the possibility of improving assessment ...

A popular cartoon shows a woman seated at a Human Resources desk. The interviewer asks, “I see you did well in school, but what real-world skills do you have?” The young male replies, “Tests. I can ...

WEBVTT ALBUQUERQUE ACADEMY. A STATE MANDATED TEST HAS CAUSED A LOT OF CONTROVERSY IN NEW MEXICO SCHOOLS. AND TODAY BROUGHT MORE EVEN PROBLEMS, FOR THE "PARCC" EXAM. ACTION 7 NEWS REPORTER MEGAN CRUZ ...

Students sitting for their STAAR exams this week will be part of a new method of evaluating Texas schools: Their written answers on the state's standardized tests will be graded automatically by ...

The law mandates that every state must set standards for what students in each grade should know and be able to do in the subjects of reading, math and science, and that schools measure students' ...