Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark C. Perna is a generational expert who covers education & careers. Every year, teachers and students across America brace for ...

Almost every state in the analysis saw improvements in math test scores from 2022 to 2025. Student absenteeism also declined ...

Testing has become the end-all, be-all of the public education reform movement. The idea seems quite sensible, that holding students (and teachers) to certain objective standards incentivizes both of ...

In the Education Department’s sweeping Dear Colleague letter last month, acting assistant secretary for civil rights Craig Trainor wrote that colleges must eliminate all race-conscious programs and ...

As students wrap up the school year, their last hurdle is often state testing, which can spark discussions about whether or not these exams accurately measure student learning. In the spring, states ...

Big name standardized assessments—like the SAT, ACT, and many state exams—give test takers the opportunity to listen to a ...

After a week of talks and a final compromise from the Education Department, an advisory committee on Friday signed off on regulations that would require all postsecondary programs to pass a single ...

Students in grades 3-8 in New York performed markedly better in 2025 in English on state assessment tests than in the previous two years — with more than half being scored as proficient, according to ...