standardized testing

In a year of school disruptions due to the pandemic, the U.S. Department of Education said it wants students to take standardized tests as a way to…

A previous version of this story was inadvertently published early Wednesday. The text of that story, which contained a factual error, has been deleted.…

"Simplistic or poorly constructed tests," says John King, "just take away from critical learning time."

Incidents of tampering with a set of standardized tests were probably the result of intra-office quarrels rather than an attempt to get away with…

President Obama has directed the Education Department to help states cut back on tests that don't help students learn.

More than half of all high school juniors did not take Washington's benchmark standardized tests this spring, according to preliminary data state…

It's looking less and less likely state lawmakers will drop a graduation requirement currently standing between hundreds of Washington high school seniors…

More than 2,000 high school seniors in Washington state appear unlikely to graduate this year because they didn't pass a required biology test.But while…

This week, eleventh graders at Seattle's Garfield High School were supposed to start taking a state- and federally-required standardized test of their…

Eleventh graders at Seattle's Nathan Hale High School will take a state- and federally-required standardized test after all, an apparent reversal of an…