I write in response to an article in your Quality Counts report titled “Offered Chance to Craft Tests, States Moving With Caution ” (Jan. 4, 2017), which addresses the most significant issue leading ...

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Parents are being told that the first big issue for a new Secretary of Education in the Biden administration is deciding whether schools should test or not test students in 2020. However, a much ...

Two Westchester high schools will participate in a state pilot program aimed at helping schools shift toward performance-based assessments, which evaluate what students know by having them perform ...

If there's a domain where college faculty could most stand to learn from K-12 educators, it is assessment. Too often, assessment is treated in postsecondary education as synonymous with grading: as a ...

The latest federal assessment shows that states are struggling to improve K-12 math scores, which are in the tank nationwide.

Last month, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), also known as the Nation’s Report Card, was released and painted a dismal picture for many of our nation’s students. Unfortunately ...