Free college is a reality — not just a campaign promise — writes Steve Klinsky, founder and CEO of the Modern States Education Alliance,...

Many more students are getting extra time to complete the SAT, primarily due to learning disability diagnoses.  Is the SAT still valid?,...

Every year, Minnesotans laud the excellent test scores for white students and ignore or excuse the dreadful scores for non-whites, writes...

California State University, which recruits from the top third of California graduates, plans to stop using placement tests to decide...

Parents need to know whether their middle schoolers are on track for college success, writes Fordham’s Mike Petrilli. If students might...

Is Test-Based Accountability Dead? asks Education Next. Since No Child Left Behind passed in 2001, holding schools accountable for their...

As Indiana schools face a teacher shortage, many would-be teachers are failing state exams required for their teaching license, reports...

Teachers won’t have to pass a test of reading and writing skills to teach in New York, reports AP. The state Board of Regents is expected...

Tested a documentary about New York City eighth graders trying to qualify for elite public schools, will come out on DVD next month....

Chicago’s North Lawndale neighborhood. Photo: Linda Lutton/WBEZ “School is what makes the American Dream possible,” writes WBEZ reporter...

I Can’t Answer These Texas Standardized Test Questions About My Own Poems, writes Sara Holbrook in the Huffington Post. Old STAAR...

Fifth-graders didn’t put on A Christmas Carol this year at Centerville Elementary in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Why ditch a...

After helping to write Common Core standards, David Coleman moved to College Board, where he pushed a plan to align the SAT and PSAT...