Standardized Testing News

The economy and the workforce are already near the forefront of this year's presidential race.

The College Board is under fire for offering a special SAT test date to students in an expensive summer program at Amherst College.

A The state's Performance Evaluation Advisory Council came to a consensus on Thursday over how much standardized test scores would be considered in Connecticut's new teacher evaluation system, according to the Hartford Courant .

Syria's top envoy to Australia has defended President Bashar Assad's regime as he and his family left Canberra following their expulsion by the federal government.

Yesterday, the NY Times ran an article about CollegeBoard's plan to offer an official SAT at the Summer Institute for the Gifted being held at Amherst College .

Spring may be the season of standardized tests in schools, but on Thursday, fifth-grade students and teachers at Stearns Elementary School learned creative ways to round the bases of education with some coaching from the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.

According to information from theA i»¿New Jersey Department of Educationi»¿ A released Thursday, Scholastic Assessment Test results have remained fairly constant atA i»¿ Butler High Schooli»¿ A between the 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 school years but improved atA i»¿ Kinnelon High Schooli»¿ A for the 2010-2011 school year.

According to information from theA i»¿New Jersey Department of Educationi»¿ A released Thursday, Scholastic Assessment Test results have remained fairly constant atA i»¿ Montville Township High School between the 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 school years.

Hilary Grist will be playing the ACT June 12, with Ryan Guldemond from Mother Mother, Kevin Gau and Stef Lang.

Shorewood High School senior Katherine Kuchin was among 12 students in the state to achieve a perfect 36 score on the ACT college admission and placement exam this testing year, according to data released by ACT late last week.

The Welcomat made the first real mark, in 1971. It was a weekly paper with awkward fonts, owned by three eccentric sisters who loved nothing better than an argument.

File photo. Dancer Tevin Johnson, right, of Corcoran High School, is one of four local teens who plan to compete in the national ACT-SO competition.

Former State Senator John Lehman should apologize to Racine families for his misleading statements on the Racine Parental Choice Program , the school choice program that allows students from low-income and working class families to attend a participating private school of their parents' choice.

In life, sometimes we need to look up and sing "Here Comes The Sun" and "it's all right." Sarasota resident Louise Harrison aims to be the shining light for area students and staff at University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee and local schools this fall.A Harrison, sister of the late Beatle George Harrison, is the first-ever fellow for USF ... (more)

After two terms as governor of West Virginia and 13 years as president of the College Board, Caperton has had a front-row seat to the problems besetting America's education system - issues with school access, college affordability, recruiting high-quality teachers and combating low student expectations.

Local ACT-SO winners are all smiles after receiving their medals. Pictured are Myesha Henderson, Jamika Bradford, Terrell Lewis, NAACP ACT-SO Chair Jacqueline Cook, NAACP Branch President James Hall, NAACP Branch Vice President Barbara Becker, Imani Smith, Kelton Howard and Mykesha Chaney.

As Daniel Pedrero signed classmates' yearbooks at the Senior Day awards ceremony, he had two milestones to celebrate.

Today, with some help from me, Chicago Sun-Times education reporter Rosalind Rossi exposes yet another standardized testing scandal, this one on a Scantron test that was used several times in the Chicago Public Schools as part of an interim, or benchmark, reading assessment.

The values that distinguish a Fenwick Friar - academic and extracurricular excellence and commitment to other people - are instilled by consistent example and continued personal effort, not conferred by the circumstances of birth.

At the Great Valley School Board meeting on May 21 , two high school students were recognized for perfect scores on sections of the SAT exam.