During the past decade, the educators who operate America’s public schools have been increasingly preoccupied with students’ scores on standardized achievement tests. That’s because schools whose ...

It's time to cheer on our students. They've studied and strived the entire school year. Students across Shelby County are starting to take their Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program (TCAP) exams ...

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.

Do standardized achievement tests unfairly advantage white and Asian students and disadvantage the rest? According to a group of educational organizations and civil rights groups the answer is yes.

Although national test scores provide clear evidence on student achievement across time, they do not illuminate what is driving gains or losses. Nonetheless, careful examination of test scores can ...

MADISON – Gov. Tony Evers on Friday vetoed a bill that would have reversed a controversial overhaul of how the state measures students' academic achievement. The Democratic governor's veto avoids ...

San Diego Unified student academic achievement fell in the first two tumultuous years of the COVID-19 pandemic, mirroring a national trend, according to new state standardized test scores the school ...

OKLAHOMA CITY — School counselors are spending more of their time coordinating achievement tests at the expense of their primary mission, State Superintendent Sandy Garrett says. Many counselors ...