I opened my email the other day and saw this subject line: “3 important critiques of standardized assessment ” on my daily Edweek Update email. If you missed this piece, definitely take the time to ...

Standardized testing has practically become a tradition within the American school system. But why? How did standardized assessment become such a big part of education? How does it really work?

A Vancouver teacher contacted me to set the record straight about standardized tests and the Kathryn Sihota issue. (Sihota is the Vancouver Island teacher who was disciplined for refusing to give a ...

This is the first of a two-part series on standardized testing. The second part will run next week. By definition, a standardized test is a test that is administered and scored in a consistent manner.

Colleges are feeling heat to prove that their students are learning. As a result, a growing number of colleges are measuring intended “learning outcomes” as well as issuing grades. But fewer are using ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Standardized tests, though useful as tools for measuring specific academic ...

Ever since accreditors started demanding evidence of learning outcomes, many colleges have started using "value added" tests that are given to a sample of freshmen and seniors to measure gains in ...

Objective To assess the construct validity of baseline Standardized Assessment of Concussion (SAC) items in a healthy sample of NCAA Division I student-athletes. Design Cross-sectional. Setting NCAA ...