A teacher points to a board as students listen in a fourth grade classroom at William Jefferson Clinton Elementary in Compton ...

The "ongoing charade" that the grades 3-8 assessments provide schools with the means to improve student achievement needs to ...

State tests are a familiar annual ritual—every spring, students in grades 3-8 take exams that assess what they know and are able to do in reading and math. Mandated by federal accountability ...

About 800,000 students are expected to take the tests on computers this year, out of about 950,000 students in the state. More than 400,000 students succeeded after NWEA fixed the problems.

Computer-based state testing was thrown into chaos across New York last week as persistent technical failures plagued schools for two consecutive days. The disruptions — affecting thousands of ...

An independent law firm will conduct an investigation into possible testing irregularities at a Bristol school, the Connecticut State Department of Education said Friday. The education department ...