Schools statewide are rolling out new standardized teststhis week – and for the first time all the tests will be taken on a computer. The new exams also reflect the switch to the new Common Core ...

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 ...

Reflecting below-average scores in the 2023-24 California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) standardized test, 31% of students at Lompoc Unified public schools met or exceeded ...

The State Board of Education has selected four new labels to describe how well students are doing state tests. There was debate over the best way to describe students who are not proficient. The new ...

Standardized tests claim to measure student learning, academic achievement, and college readiness. What they actually measure is pattern recognition and the stamina to sit still for three hours and ...

Many would bring up tennis legends Venus and Serena Williams, who learned to play on Compton’s public courts, or the election of Douglas Dollarhide, who, in 1969, became the first Black man to serve ...

A previous version of this article misstated the percentage of educators who believe artificial intelligence will make standardized testing worse, according to a survey conducted by the EdWeek ...

It’s become all too apparent that high school grades are insufficient in signaling college preparedness.

An SAT admission ticket under a pencil and calculator. Standardized testing continues to be a critical component in U.S. education and college admissions. This stands true even as formats evolve and ...

The significance and rigor of AP exams are once again in the spotlight with the release of the latest test scores. Discussions about the new scoring methodology and the streamlining of content ...

Last spring, the University of Austin in Texas, declaring the college admissions system “biased,” “broken” and “unjust,” ...