Standardized testing has been under fire in recent years, including in Massachusetts schools, where high school students must take the MCAS to graduate. In the last decade, public opinion on ...

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Department of Education announced Tuesday statewide overall academic achievement increases, a conclusion derived from the 2023-24 PSSA, PASA and Keystone Exam results. In ...

Earlier this month, President Trump signed a memorandum requiring increased transparency in higher education admissions. The purpose of the order is to ensure that universities are admitting students ...

With many students returning to school in September, educators are preparing their classes for the new year and getting ready for the standardized testing that takes place annually. These standardized ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark C. Perna is a generational expert who covers education & careers. Every year, teachers and students across America brace for ...

Major decisions that affect the trajectory of students’ lives hinge on their high school grades: in-class support they might or might not receive, college admission offers, and potentially financial ...

The US Supreme Court will soon rule on whether to end Affirmative Action, prompting many schools to ease -- or even end -- standardized testing requirements in order to boost diversity. Corbis via ...

A new paper from Jamil Maroun and Christopher Tienken sets out to determine whether a state’s big standardized test measures student learning, teacher effectiveness, or something else. The answer, it ...

If you work long enough in education, you see that most academic trends swing through extreme phases like a pendulum. College admissions trends have followed suit, especially regarding standardized ...

Recently, the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) released its 2022 report on data concerning the pass rates for the licensing exam for social workers. The results of this report were staggering ...

Gov. Maura Healey unveiled proposals for a new high school graduation framework, more than a year after voters decided to repeal the MCAS graduation requirement. Students would be required to take, ...

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 ...