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Every parent and teacher recognizes students’ anxiety about high-stakes testing for college admissions. In recent years, universities experimented with removing standardized test requirements for ...

Have you ever wondered how countries compare when it comes to their education systems? That’s where the PISA Test comes in. PISA, or the Programme for International Student Assessment, is a worldwide ...

Each year, America spends roughly $2 billion on standardized achievement tests at the national and state levels. Credit: John Locher/Associated Press The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education.

Much of the opposition to standardized tests stems not from the idea that they don’t work but from the realization that they ...

Correction: A previous version of this article included Oklahoma state chief Ryan Walters among the signers of a letter asking for federal funding flexibility. He was not part of that effort. With a ...

A panel of reading experts has designated the tests that school districts can use to identify reading difficulties that kindergartners through second graders may have, starting next fall. Gov. Gavin ...

The Arkansas Board of Education on Thursday will consider approval of two dozen standardized testing programs, and a similar number of accrediting agencies for private schools participating in the ...

ALBANY — Some New York state schools experienced a second-straight day of issues administering computer-based state assessment exams Wednesday, leading to delays for some local districts. A ...

Schools around the state are testing out Indiana’s new ILEARN through-year assessment. The first testing window is now open. Over 70% of schools in the state have opted in to pilot the Indiana ...