Evidence is gathered about student achievement or understanding. The information allows the instructor or learner to alter future instructional steps. It is done to improve learning outcomes (Black & ...

This analysis of testing in schools shows what the current debate gets wrong, and how educators and policymakers can create a future where assessments are a more effective part of the teaching and ...

While there’s no doubt that standardized assessment has become a driving force in education, it’s not yet universally agreed that this is a good thing. Schools and teachers have become driven solely ...

Tests are an important tool in educators' arsenal. Photo by Andy Rennle/Flickr CC 2.0 We live in an age of assessment in education. One of my friends -- who happens to be a vice president of a large ...

UAE schools are embracing a smarter academic year with new diagnostic assessments to pinpoint student strengths and ...

Image by cherylt23 from Pixabay October 10, 2025 - SACRAMENTO - The California Department of Education (CDE) released ...

WASHINGTON (7News) — Nationwide testing shows D.C. students’ math and reading scores have either improved or remained consistent. The 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), also ...

We study the efficiency of administering different subsets of a large collection of items in a sample survey to different people to estimate the distribution of several correlated traits. The designs ...

The Florida Department of Education has released examples of questions that caused math textbooks to be rejected in the 2022-2023 school year curriculum. Thes examples come from an earlier report, ...