Testing
U.S. education achievement slides backwards
Substantial decrease in reading scores among the nation's eighth graders
Questioning their fairness, a record number of colleges stop requiring the SAT and ACT
Results are mixed, but suggest that making these tests optional is improving diversity on campus
OPINION: Do U.S. colleges reinforce or reduce inequality?
A reporter returns to college, after three decades away, to find out
A school where character matters as much as academics
A Washington, D.C., charter school prioritizes students’ emotional development — and finds ways to grade them on it
COLUMN: Researchers can detect when students aren’t trying on computerized tests
A testing company spots disengaged students who are guessing answers too quickly
Can “playful assessments” tell us whether maker education works?
An MIT pilot project at two schools seeks to measure hands-on, collaborative learning
COLUMN: Students need a boost in wealth more than a boost in SAT scores
The College Board creates an adversity score to acknowledge that wealth and race matter
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Vermont’s ‘all over the map’ effort to switch schools to proficiency-based learning
Schools across the state are ditching A through F report cards and letting students retake tests to emphasize learning over seat time, but each district’s interpretation of proficiency-based learning looks different, and a high profile fiasco in Maine looms large
Inside Maine’s disastrous rollout of proficiency-based learning
How well-intentioned education and business leaders, backed by wealthy foundations and a success story from faraway Alaska, sold state lawmakers on a largely untested theory of change
COLUMN: As states push for new ways of learning, some kids and parents feel left behind
More school districts embrace big changes, but students in Maine say: ‘We want our grades back!’