As the end of the 2020-21 school year approaches, the debate about educational assessments is gaining renewed momentum. While educators and policymakers may hold differing views about how to proceed ...

After years of relying on state tests that painted an incomplete picture, Abilene schools say new benchmarks and local assessments are revealing what students truly know—and where they’re growing ...

The challenge is that children at this age are still developing language skills. In the past, students would sometimes cry ...

English testing is at a crossroads. Every year, millions of international students bet their futures on English proficiency ...

This week’s new question-of-the-week is: What are effective assessment strategies for multilingual learners? Assessment is a key element of teaching—we need to know where our students are in the ...

Technology and artificial intelligence can vastly improve the types of assessments teachers use to guide students in their learning. Despite the often-negative discussion about testing in schools, ...

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 ...

The question is hovering as teachers, principals, and district leaders plan for a uniquely challenging school year: How are we going to diagnose our students’ learning loss so we can catch them up on ...

The Arizona Department of Education just released the spring 2024 assessment results, and the data show little to no progress ...

Are you worried your child may have ADHD? Autism? Do you think your child may have learning differences that is making school more difficult? Have you ever thought that there was something going on ...