Testing
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
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!’
OPINION: The Opt Out movement is gaining ground, quietly
Concerns go beyond standardized testing
COLUMN: The new movie Night School passes my test
Students with special needs deserve respect and jobs like everyone else
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State tests don’t have to be disconnected from classroom practice
Nebraska plans an assessment system that can be meaningful to students
Measuring success at San Antonio’s public preschool program
While Pre-K 4 SA’s parents and alumni sing its praises, critics say the program should have broader focus
Louisiana ends policy that held thousands of students back a grade or more
Students held back were at high risk of dropping out.