In an informal Education Week LinkedIn poll, a majority of respondents, 84%, voted that state testing is not an appropriate benchmark for student learning, while 11% said it “somewhat” is.

Most kids get very nervous about state testing week, especially the third and fourth graders. But, luckily for the students of Ridgeview, Ms. Edwards has the answer key for those nerves; a menageri… ...

Concern about corporate testing in public schools has flared since 2011, when a subsidiary of Pearson won a five-year, $32â ¯million state contract to design state tests that every student in ...

A provision in the Every Student Succeeds Act allows the secretary of education to waive certain state requirements. States Are Testing How Much Leeway They Can Get From Trump's Ed. Dept.

The computer versions of the state English language arts and math tests are now working after two days of problems, the state Education Department announced. The vendor in charge of running the ...

A state senator’s bill on Louisiana’s statewide student tests is well-intentioned but ill-advised. At best, it’s superfluous, and at worst, directly counterproductive. Senate Bill 246, by ...

State law defines elevated lead levels as any amount exceeding 5 parts per billion. Nearly 150 of the 692 outlets tested at Edmonds School District so far — or about 22% — have exceeded this ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Schools across East Tennessee are in the midst of state testing season, and the East Tennessee Children's Hospital said it is seeing more young patients as anxiety sets in.