There’s a difference between teaching to the test and developing test-specific thinking that will help students effectively ...

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 ...

That didn't take long. N.C. Wesleyan University students in the education department are well on their way to landing ...

There are valid criticisms about the current structure of state standardized testing in schools; the solution is not to get rid of these assessments but rather to design them differently. Federal law ...

All Teacher Education candidates must pass a test of basic skills in reading, mathematics and writing. Students may meet this requirement by passing/achieving one of the following: The Pre-service ...

This analysis of testing in schools shows what the current debate gets wrong, and how educators and policymakers can create a future where assessments are a more effective part of the teaching and ...

Nov. 1—Three Washington High School juniors are getting a chance to test the waters of elementary school teaching. Jorgia Fishel, Addyson Cummins and Breah Eskew have each signed letters of ...

Schooling as we have known it for the past couple of centuries or more has never been a great means of education. It relies on coercion. It is premised on the misguided assumption that everyone can ...

Here comes another standardized testing season with all the administrator anxiety, teacher turmoil and student disaffection. So much of it that, at least in high schools, those mass assessments do as ...

Para leer en español, haz clic aquí. Kindergartners at Pella Christian Grade School made themselves comfortable at their lunch tables, playfully throwing their carrots in the air, wiggling around on ...

The most common way to certify teachers in Iowa for language immersion schools is a test offered only in English. Neighboring Midwest states have similar barriers. Para leer en español, haz clic aquí.