STAAR tests are far from the only standardized exams students take each year. Some districts also give students optional ...

Alternatively, a world with reduced or no standardized testing, with assessments that invite student inquiry, and with more holistic learning experiences is possible. Indeed, some schools in New York ...

To know how schools are performing, students in the same grade and subject need to take the same test, writes Show-Me ...

Official-looking booklets are passed out. You hurriedly fill out a scantron. Hours later, the proctor says “pencils down,” and your results are secret for months. This is standardized testing in ...

America’s K–12 standardized-testing system has fallen short in providing educators with the necessary tools to improve student achievement. Administering frequent hybrid exams—which combine ...

In a recent tweet, Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, asserted: "Standardized testing doesn't help kids learn, and it doesn't help teachers teach." Instead, she argued ...

An amendment to a House bill that would expand a controversial school voucher program in Tennessee also proposes sweeping changes to standardized testing requirements for public school students. The ...