A 50-year veteran of psychometrics — the science of measuring mental abilities and processes — offers a brief history and insights into the future of testing.
The 2018 PISA results are out, and the picture they portray for the United States could only be called fair to middlin'.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 12/05/19
10 recommendations for synchronizing K-12 education policy with the science of learning and development.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 11/15/19
The assessment provider’s new solution gives educators insights into student proficiencies in English language arts and mathematics through adaptive, through-year assessment that provides summative scores for teachers.
The vast wealth of data that is the "Nation's Report Card" showed that average math scores stayed steady across states for fourth and eighth graders in this year's round of testing by the federal National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) compared to scores in 2017.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 10/30/19
Helping students prepare to apply for college is no easy task. With the ACT making changes to its testing rules, there are steps that students, parents and educators can take to ensure positive results.
Glimpse K12’s Assessment Correlation Engine provides administrators with an inside look into how student grades reflect achievement achievement.
The act of evaluating teacher and principal performance by new measures is already becoming a thing of the past, Some 30 states have backed away from innovative evaluation reforms they adopted during a "flurry of national activity" between 2009 and 2015, according to a new report.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 10/09/19
To keep up with changing college admissions requirements, the education assessment nonprofit is making changes to how it administers its ACT test.
Students are able to engage more with large print books than other reading materials, according to a new study from Project Tomorrow and Gale.