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 ...

Rochester educators rally against high-stakes tests, urging alternative student assessments. A group of Rochester teachers and retired educators is preparing to host an event with a mission: to rally ...

Hundreds of University of California (UC) faculty signed an open letter Tuesday demanding a return to mandatory mathematical standardized testing in college admissions. The letter, now signed by over ...

UC President James B. Milliken announced a data-driven review of admissions testing after faculty warned they are being forced to re-teach middle school math to students.

Like a villain lurking in the shadows, the “FCAT” assessment was a beast we Florida public school kids had to battle each year in the early 2000s. It was long. It was tedious. And it was, by all ...