Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This article was originally published in Chalkbeat. Before starting at his Harlem high school, Jeurry always assumed he was ...

Fairfax County Public Schools Superintendent Jack Dale referred to my Sept. 22 column on inflated tests scores as “inaccurate” and “unsubstantiated” in his Sept. 27 letter to the editor (“Column on ...

Traditional grading has been shown to undermine students’ motivation (Kohn, 2011) and perpetuate bias (Malouf and Thorenstein, 2016). While we all need to collect information about student learning ...

Midterm exam season is arguably the most stressful time of the semester for many students. While college students should be patting themselves on the backs for making it halfway through the semester, ...

Only a small percentage of students are supposed to take alternate assessments intended for those with the most significant cognitive disabilities, but new evidence suggests that states are routinely ...

Oklahoma Superintendent Ryan Walters is pushing to swap federally mandated end-of-year standardized tests for alternative assessments like the SAT, CLT, and frequent benchmarks, but the overhaul ...

Self-assessments encourage students to reflect on their skills, knowledge, learning goals, and progress in a course. These practices can range from quick, low-stakes check-ins on lecture content to in ...

SAN MATEO, Calif./PRNewswire/ — IXL, the award-winning personalized learning platform used by 16 million students, announced that the Virginia Department of Education has approved the IXL Diagnostic ...