Standardized Testing News

Cody Stephens and his mother Valerie Stephens listen to a speaker during the Justice For Cody Stephens Rally at Antioch Baptist Church on Sunday.

Hundreds of foreign students in a joint degree program at a North Dakota state university were admitted despite lacking credentials and awarded degrees without completing coursework, an audit of the program has showed.

RAGTIME. Brampton's Jaden Carmichael, 11, will be performing at the prestigious Shaw Festival.

She's been a sensation since she's been born, and now Blue Ivy has made her... The teacher job performance evaluation process is undergoing radical changes thanks to the federal Race to the Top program.

With the state of Michigan set to release this year's MEAP scores next Tuesday, superintendents around Bay County and the state have a common message about the test.

After a decade in which the federal No Child Left Behind law was used in an attempt to improve schools throughout the nation, it is clear the effort was a complete flop.

A recent state Senate hearing called to investigate an SAT cheating scandal included a security company that was invited to testify a month after it contributed campaign cash to the committee's chairman.

EYE ON THE FORECAST A cool Saturday morning, then becoming partly to mostly sunny, but windy and chilly.

EYE ON THE FORECAST A cool Saturday morning, then becoming partly to mostly sunny, but windy and chilly.

With the Obama administration waiving New Jersey from No Child Left Behind, the state was in effect given the green light for its own plan for how public schools will be monitored, assisted, and in the case of those that don't improve, overhauled and potentially shut down.

The U.S. Department of Education this week announced that 10 states had received approval to bypass oft-maligned provisions of the federal No Child Left Behind law.

There is an interesting and alarming New York Times story on the growing educational divide between rich and poor kids.

Robert Scott is and has been a loyal appointee of the governor, so his critique of standardized testing was not only remarkable but also deserves a thorough hearing.

West Virginia is considering expanding a teacher evaluation pilot program in order to seek a waiver from the constraints of a federal education law.

A new Brigham Young University study found that 16-18 year olds perform better academically when they shave about two hours off that recommendation.

Education was historically considered a great equalizer in American society, capable of lifting less advantaged children and improving their chances for success as adults.

South Carolina is entering a partnership with a company known for its college admission test to better match unemployed workers with the businesses who need them, Gov.

We're sad to see Claremont McKenna College, one of the seven superb Claremont Colleges, beset by an SAT score cheating scandal.

Gov. Chris Christie praised the federal government's decision Thursday to grant a waiver releasing New Jersey from the rules of the No Child Left Behind Act.

Indiana will take advantage of a federal waiver on provisions of the No Child Left Behind act to create better education for students, State School Superintendent Tony Bennett said.