Standardized Tests

School Board Votes to Stop Caring About Test Scores

Tony Phillips | Posted 05.31.2012

Tony Phillips

So the intermediate Gatsby is, as it turns out, not Gatsby at all -- it's something 67-pages long that panders to possessors of feeble vocabularies, probably the types of kids who vomit before standardized tests.

Teachers Accused Of Giving Students Answers On State Tests In Exchange For Perks

Posted 05.30.2012

Teachers at a Brooklyn elementary school are accused of giving their students the answers on standardized tests, reports the New York Daily News. In r...

This Is How To Fail A Test

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 05.29.2012

There are plenty of ways students approach an exam for which they're completely unprepared: faking sick, inventing a "family emergency" or perhaps beg...

New York State Field Tests: Students Should Not Be Informed Of Connection To Standardized Exams

Gregory Kristof | Posted 05.28.2012

A memo has recently surfaced in which the New York State Department of Education appears to encourage educators to mislead students about upcoming sta...

Mitt Romney and the Fierce Desire for Educational Change

Randy Turner | Posted 05.24.2012

Randy Turner

As a teacher who has students write research papers on the American Civil Rights Movement, I was stunned to find out that I am on the wrong side of the great civil rights issue of our time. It has to be true. Mitt Romney says so.

Joy Resmovits

Are Teachers Prepared To Learn From Standardized Tests?

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 05.22.2012

These days, it's not enough for teachers to know how to manage a classroom, impart knowledge and deliver lesson plans. In the wake of test-heavy po...

Parents And School Boards Endorse 'Stop FCAT' Petition

Posted 05.15.2012

A national resolution to urge education administrators to rely less on standardized testing is gaining a wave of support in South Florida. The Palm...

New Jersey High-Stakes Test Will No Longer Ask 3rd-Graders To Reveal A Secret

AP | Posted 05.13.2012

TRENTON, N.J. -- State education officials will no longer use a standardized test question that asked third-graders to reveal a secret and write about...

Who Are the True 'Failures' in America's School System?

David Chura | Posted 05.08.2012

David Chura

Like most teachers I've gotten some praise from my high school students over my 26 years of teaching. But the truth is I wasn't a "good teacher." I was a "failure," at least according to America's education reformers.

Joy Resmovits

Can Sleeping Improve School Performance?

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 05.03.2012

In high school, Melissa Edwards woke up at 6:30 a.m. to catch a bus. It was dark, she was tired and the school's 7:15 a.m. morning bell forced the St....

Why Your Kid Isn't Creative

Rick Newman | Posted 04.25.2012

Rick Newman

Give kids the freedom to discover something they truly love, while making sure they know it takes diligence and grit to succeed at their passion.

Standardized Testing: The Least We Can Do

Michele Somerville | Posted 04.23.2012

Michele Somerville

Parents with children at decent schools tend to think that their schools are at least reasonably supportive of their students on test day. Three days ago, I was one such parent.

Ridiculous Talking Pineapple Question On 8th-Grade State Exam Confuses Everyone

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 04.25.2012

New York students, teachers, and parents were utterly bewildered by a question on an eighth-grade state reading exam, the New York Daily News reports....

My New Pacemaker: Some Teachers Will Do Anything to Get Out of State Testing

Randy Turner | Posted 04.17.2012

Randy Turner

Later today, after my students have completed the second day of MAP testing, my big test will begin. I have faith that my eighth graders and I are going to excel.

The Crisis in American Education Is a Myth

Randy Turner | Posted 04.10.2012

Randy Turner

For too long we have allowed politicians to ignore dealing with the real problems of poverty and permitted them to use education as a convenient scapegoat for their negligence.

New York City Schools Revokes Testing Word Ban

AP | Posted 06.02.2012

NEW YORK — New York City's Department of Education has decided to drop its list of words to avoid on school assessment tests. Companies that wa...

You Told Us: Should The Word 'Divorce' Be Banned From Standardized Tests?

Posted 03.29.2012

Should the word "divorce" be banned from standardized tests? The "D" word is part of a recently released list of more than 50 words and references ...

Quiz! Would You Be Able To Pass This 8th Grade Exam?

Posted 03.28.2012

State assessment exams are always a drag, but imagine being told that they were going to be made even more challenging! In Texas, a new and much more ...

Could You Pass The 8th Grade By Today's Testing Standards?

Posted 03.30.2012

As Texas students started taking a new state-mandated test this week, districts across the state have gradually signed on to a resolution that says hi...

Tighter Security For SAT, ACT In Wake Of Cheating

AP | FRANK ELTMAN | Posted 05.27.2012

MINEOLA, N.Y. — The millions of students who take the SAT or ACT each year will have to submit photos of themselves when they sign up for the co...

Joy Resmovits

What Do Teachers Think About Education Reform?

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 03.26.2012

Revamping the makeup of the teaching profession through tweaks such as altering tenure and teacher evaluations has become a policy debate du jour, one...

City Bans References To Dinosaurs, Halloween, Birthdays, And Dancing In Tests

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 03.26.2012

In an effort to eliminate potential "unpleasant emotions" among students, the New York Department of Education has placed a ban on mentions of "birthd...

Joy Resmovits

Why Is Miss Grundy So Sad? It's Complicated.

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 03.21.2012

For the last four years, Beth Sanders has taught ninth and 11th-grade social studies at Tarrant High School in Birmingham, Ala., a school where many s...

Joy Resmovits

Policy Leaders: National Security, Prosperity At Risk By Way Of Current School System

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 03.20.2012

Thirty years ago, a Reagan administration report warned of "a rising tide of mediocrity that threatens our very future as a nation and a people." The ...

The Global Search for Education: Is Your Child an Innovator?

C. M. Rubin | Posted 05.15.2012

C. M. Rubin

How do you train an innovator? Which schools are doing it better than others? Are teachers equipped with the new skills required to educate students in this decade? Are curricula incorporating the essential content that will help young people become more innovative?