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Standardized Testing

Education news, analysis, and opinion about assessments that allow for comparisons across students and groups of students
Artificial Intelligence Reports Six Big Questions About AI and K-12 Education, In Charts
This report examines AI’s impact in K-12 education. Survey results that provide insight into ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog’ perspectives are presented in charts.
November 10, 2025
A principal looks through a telescope as he plans for the future school year based on test scores.
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Assessment Opinion Principals Often Misuse Student Achievement Data. Here’s How to Get It Right
Eight recommendations for digging into standardized-test data responsibly.
David E. DeMatthews & Lebon "Trey" D. James III, October 28, 2025
4 min read
Students Taking Exam in Classroom Setting. Students are seated in a classroom, writing answers during an exam, highlighting focus and academic testing.
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Assessment Explainer What Is the Classic Learning Test, and Why Is It Popular With Conservatives?
A relative newcomer has started to gain traction in the college-entrance-exam landscape—especially in red states.
Sarah Schwartz, September 22, 2025
9 min read
A stylized, faceless student has a smooth, open head with a glowing smartphone rising from it, symbolizing the smart phone and social media's impact on NAEP scores.
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Standards & Accountability Opinion Student Test Scores Keep Falling. What’s Really to Blame?
There’s strong circumstantial evidence pointing to a particular culprit. (Hint: It’s not the pandemic.)
Martin R. West, September 9, 2025
5 min read
A teacher at Audrey H. Lawson Middle School in Houston, Texas, marks a grade on a class worksheet on Sept. 6, 2023.
A teacher at Audrey H. Lawson Middle School in Houston marks a grade on a worksheet on Sept. 6, 2023. Texas lawmakers have passed a bill that would drop the state's once-a-year STAAR test in favor of a model in which students are tested three times a year.
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States The Future of Annual State Testing Is in the Trump Admin.’s Hands
The Ed. Dept. has invited states to request waivers from accountability requirements.
Brooke Schultz, September 8, 2025
7 min read
Standardized test answer sheet on school desk.
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Standards & Accountability How Teachers in This District Pushed to Have Students Spend Less Time Testing
An agreement a teachers' union reached with the district reduces locally required testing while keeping in place state-required exams.
Elizabeth Heubeck, August 13, 2025
6 min read
A+ in chalk on a traditional blackboard.
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Assessment Professional Learning Guide Your Guide to Assessment & Competency-Based Learning
Empower your classroom with practical approaches for meaningful assessment and learning outcomes with this professional learning guide.
August 12, 2025
A teacher points to a board as students listen in a fourth grade classroom at William Jefferson Clinton Elementary in Compton, Calif., on Feb. 6, 2025.
A teacher points to a board as students listen in a fourth grade classroom at William Jefferson Clinton Elementary in Compton, Calif., on Feb. 6, 2025. State testing happens every spring and ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog share their thoughts on whether these assessments accurately reflect student learning.
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Assessment What Teachers Really Think About State Testing
State testing remains a complicated debate amongst ÌÇÐ͝Âþvlog as the end-of-year assessments take place.
Jennifer Vilcarino, May 27, 2025
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Assessment Quiz Quiz Yourself: How Much Do You Know About Standardized Testing & Improving Student Outcomes?
Answer 7 questions about improving standardized testing and student outcomes.
April 22, 2025
Evaluate Score, Forecast, Businessman Holding Telescope on Performance Measure
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Assessment Fewer Subjects, Students, Data Points: Feds to Scale Back NAEP
Some 4th and 12th grade tests won't proceed as planned, following sweeping cuts to the U.S. Department of Education research arm last month.
Sarah Schwartz, April 21, 2025
5 min read
Image of students working on a computer.
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Assessment What Might Happen to State Testing Under the Trump Administration?
It's not clear what states might do with more flexibility—but here are three concerns they'll need to wrestle with.
Sarah Schwartz, April 3, 2025
5 min read
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College & Workforce Readiness The 10 Most-Requested AP Exams of 2024
Students continue to most request AP course exams in the humanities.
Ileana Najarro, February 28, 2025
3 min read
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Federal Then & Now Why Can't We Leave No Child Left Behind ... Behind?
The law and its contours are stuck in our collective memory. What does that say about how we understand K-12 policy?
Evie Blad, January 31, 2025
6 min read