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… ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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.

Computer-based state testing was thrown into chaos across New York last week as persistent technical failures plagued schools for two consecutive days. The disruptions — affecting thousands of ...

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.