Most adults can remember when taking a writing test meant sitting down with a paper and pencil, then scribbling out sentences and erasing mistakes until the time ran out. For many students today, ...

Starting in 2011, the National Assessment of Educational Progress will test how well students in grades 8 and 12 can write on computers, rather than with the old schoolhouse standbys of pencils and ...

Karlee Johnson, Daily Sundial: A flyer warning students of the UDWPE registration deadline ironically carries a major spelling error. On April 29, thousands of ...

Georgia’s current writing exam for high schoolers may soon be history. State education department officials unveiled a proposal Wednesday to phase out the exam in favor of annual writing assessments ...

Standardized testing has long been a part of the public school system. While there have been arguments made against students needing to take them, there hasn't been a significant shift in their use.

Texas high school freshmen struggled with reading and writing on new, tougher state tests meant to grade their readiness for college, according to data released Friday. The students performed better ...

Never miss a story with The Brief, our free newsletter. We redesigned this tool with more timely data and context to help Texans interpret information about our schools. Independent Texas reporting ...

The Department of Basic Education has officially released the full May/June National Senior Certificate (NSC) exam timetable.

For many board aspirants, reading is often treated as a passive activity -- something to be completed quickly so that answers can be written faster. However, in the CBSE board exam framework, ...

The A-level exam results are out in the UK. Over 350,000 teenagers have been placed on undergraduate courses, according to UCAS, the organization that manages applications to UK full-time higher ...