As in past years, I find myself studying the Maryland School Assessment Home Report with little understanding of what MSAs really mean and how the standards for basic, proficient and advanced levels ...

An inescapable element of K-12 public education in the United States is testing. For many students and parents, testing has become ubiquitous. It feels like it is everywhere, every day, all the time.

Tennessee legislators have passed a bill allowing Education Savings Account (ESA) students to take either state TCAP exams or nationally norm-referenced tests, instead of only TCAP. Supporters say the ...

Standardized testing has practically become a tradition within the American school system. But why? How did standardized assessment become such a big part of education? How does it really work?

Tennessee legislators have approved a measure letting Education Savings Account (ESA) students in private schools choose between the state’s TCAP exam and a nationally norm-referenced test. Supporters ...