Standardized testing has been under fire in recent years, including in Massachusetts schools, where high school students must take the MCAS to graduate. In the last decade, public opinion on ...

Earlier this month, President Trump signed a memorandum requiring increased transparency in higher education admissions. The purpose of the order is to ensure that universities are admitting students ...

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Department of Education announced Tuesday statewide overall academic achievement increases, a conclusion derived from the 2023-24 PSSA, PASA and Keystone Exam results. In ...

Much of the opposition to standardized tests stems not from the idea that they don’t work but from the realization that they ...

Public education needs a new data paradigm. The past 20 years have trapped us in a narrow definition of data that peddles a deficit narrative about Black, Indigenous, Latinx students, students with ...

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 ...

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 ...

The US Supreme Court will soon rule on whether to end Affirmative Action, prompting many schools to ease -- or even end -- standardized testing requirements in order to boost diversity. Corbis via ...

If you work long enough in education, you see that most academic trends swing through extreme phases like a pendulum. College admissions trends have followed suit, especially regarding standardized ...

Throughout the U.S., students are getting out their No. 2 pencils, ready to endure a stress-packed four hours of bubbling in answers in the Dec. 12 administration of the ACT. Some 1.5 million students ...

Standardized tests should be used as “a flashlight” on what works in education not as “a hammer” to force outcomes, Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said during a speech last week. The statement ...

Gov. Maura Healey unveiled proposals for a new high school graduation framework, more than a year after voters decided to repeal the MCAS graduation requirement. Students would be required to take, ...