States must resume their annual standardized tests this spring, the Biden administration confirmed on Monday. While the tests will be required, the U.S. Department of Education is allowing for new ...

With spring around the corner and end-of-year state testing season looming, there’s still uncertainty about what standardized assessments will actually look like this year—or whether schools will give ...

The State Board of Education in California voted unanimously to prepare to apply for more flexible standardized testing options this year as nearly 80% of students across the state continue with ...

States will not be allowed to cancel federally mandated standardized exams this school year despite the pandemic, though they will be offered significant flexibility in how they give those tests and ...

Standardized tests have dominated the school reform discussion for years, with students scores used — often unfairly — to judge the kids as well as their schools, teachers, principals, districts and ...

The new PARCC tests are computerized rather than the traditional bubble tests. Find out what else you should know about PARCC. (South Jersey Times file photo) New Jersey is preparing to administer a ...

Diane Ravitch is a former assistant secretary of education and historian. For more than a decade, she has been a leading advocate for America’s public education system and a critic of the modern ...

The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) released the results from the 2023 to 2024 school standardized assessments on October 8th. The results according to the WDP show that of Wisconsin ...

The majority of Alaska students scored below grade level proficiency in statewide math, science and language arts assessments taken last spring — even after the state lowered the standard for what is ...

As planned, Florida has advertised for companies that would like to provide the state’s next generation of standardized tests, putting out an “intent to negotiate document” late last month. The new ...