BATON ROUGE, La. (KSLA) - Louisiana plans to reduce the time its students spend taking standardized tests. On Oct. 9, Louisiana State Superintendent Dr. Cade Brumley announced a “significant” ...

There’s a difference between teaching to the test and developing test-specific thinking that will help students effectively apply what they’ve learned all year.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write on the human/political issues surrounding college admissions. Update: March 11: The College Board responded with the ...

Louisiana students are in for a pleasant surprise this spring: shorter state tests. The annual math and English tests given to students in grades 3-8 should take about 20% less time to complete this ...

Texas public school students began taking the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness tests this month. The STAAR tests evaluate student knowledge and skills learned throughout the school ...

The State Board of Education has selected four new labels to describe how well students are doing state tests. There was debate over the best way to describe students who are not proficient. The new ...

The share of students proficient in math, English and science is up for the first time since the pandemic – but passing rates remain well below pre-pandemic levels. Fourth-grade students wait for the ...

EdSource · How one bilingual educator’s childhood trauma fuels his fight for inclusion Five years after the Covid pandemic closed schools and pushed students into a year of distance learning, ...