The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) voted 4-3 Tuesday on a resolution that would allow 10 schools to opt out of standardized tests and test preparation beginning in the 2025-26 school ...

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Anti-testing advocates also ignore that standardized test scores are often predictive of how a student will fare in college. A 2020 study from the University of California (which is prohibited by ...

As journalist David Leonhardt explains, standardized testing has become a highly politicized subject, with many progressives expressing concern about score disparities by race and class. The COVID-19 ...

Re: Muller: Standardized Tests Don’t Deserve Our Hate Aidan Muller ’27 makes the point that SATs predict college success well for both white and minority students. He concludes by suggesting that the ...

We also found that high school GPA outperforms standardized tests in predicting college success. GPA captures years of classroom performance, effort and teacher feedback.

Standardized tests are used across various levels and sectors in the United States, including K-12 education, college admissions, graduate school entry, and professional certifications.

Letters to the Editor A welcome return of standardized tests March 1, 2024 More than 1 year ago Lawrance Hall at Yale University in New Haven, Conn. (Gabriella Borter/Reuters) ...

We also found that high school GPA outperforms standardized tests in predicting college success. GPA captures years of classroom performance, effort and teacher feedback.

However, like Armstrong, he believes there are better ways to go about evaluating students than through standardized tests. "There's a great push for many universities to assess how much their ...