The Minnesota Department of Education is creating a task force to take a closer look at standardized tests. The group — made ...

Some colleges bring back the SAT and ACT tests, one of Los Angeles’ most exciting fine-dining debuts and more big stories ...

Standardized tests, which many schools made optional during the pandemic, appear to be making a comeback, at least at elite schools. Less than 10% of U.S. colleges and universities require ...

At first glance, calls from members of Congress to restore academic merit in college admissions might sound like a neutral policy. In our view, these campaigns often cherry-pick evidence and mask a ...

During the pandemic, nearly all of America's colleges and universities -- including Ivy Leaguers such as Harvard -- made standardized tests like SATs and ACTs optional. Now the education system is ...

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 ...

This summer, New York City schools are preparing for a shift in reading instruction, and recent reports indicate that it’s not just for lower grades, but for high schools as well. One shift in ...

The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) voted 4-3 Tuesday on a resolution that would allow 10 schools to opt out of standardized tests and test preparation beginning in the 2025-26 school year ...

TORONTO — The results of standardized testing released today show that Ontario students' persistently low math scores have ...

The Department of Education announced a new 28-member task force, to review and recommend modernizations to testing in ...

Minnesota schools review standardized tests as students opting out of them climb Minnesota is reviewing its statewide school testing program as many students skip the exams meant to show how they are ...