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 ...

Students began standardized testing almost as soon as they returned to school in August. To get a midyear check on student progress, a second round of the new Florida Assessment of Student Thinking — ...

The challenge is that children at this age are still developing language skills. In the past, students would sometimes cry and put their heads down on the desk during tests.

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 ...

Corrected: An earlier version of this story contained an incorrect job description for Paul Leather. He oversees state and local partnerships for the Center for Innovation and Education. Let’s get ...

Built using cutting-edge psychometric principles, the IXL LevelUp Diagnostic helps educators confidently identify students ...

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, ...

I’ve worked in public schools for decades, and I’ve seen firsthand the effects of over-testing on Pennsylvania’s students. Time and time again, I saw it in their faces and in their body language — the ...

This article examines education law and cultural conditions for teaching and learning in Texas, the state that provided a model for the federal No Child Left Behind Act signed in 2002. Accountability ...