“Data-driven” instruction makes sense only if the data that’s driving it makes sense. And much of the data used to guide reading instruction doesn’t. Throughout the school year, classrooms across the ...

Standardized testing has long been a contentious topic in the field of education. While the primary goal of standardized testing is to measure student achievement and set benchmarks for educational ...

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - The statewide standardized test scores for public school students in Florida have been released, and the results are mixed for Panhandle districts. Students are ...

Standardized tests are good for comparing large groups to each other, but they are terrible mechanisms for measuring an individual student’s understanding. One problem is standardized tests penalize ...

More than 40% of grammar school students in the city failed the state’s standardized math and reading texts this year — but officials praised some gains in the results released Monday. More city ...

Data from federal standardized test scores points to another startling effect the COVID-19 pandemic had on America's children, with numbers indicating that reading and math scores for 13-year-olds ...

Critics of standardized tests won a big victory recently, as the American Bar Association came much closer to allowing law schools to go test optional. It’s not over yet: the final decision hasn’t ...