A new effort in Los Angeles public schools will deemphasize standardized testing and look for new ways to measure student progress, a small but ambitious rejection of a decades-old nationwide approach ...

AUSTIN, Texas (KBTX) - The Texas House voted 143-1 this week to approve House Bill 4, a sweeping measure that would fundamentally restructure the state’s standardized testing system by phasing out ...

Researchers are examining whether a decline in reading and math scores over the last decade is related to the widespread use of smartphones by young people.

It’s a common argument against standardized testing: It’s left less time for creativity, collaboration, and depth in schools. Now, a new pilot in the nation’s second largest district will put that ...

North Carolina’s public schools are making incremental gains as they try to return to pre-pandemic achievement levels. New statewide test scores released at Wednesday’s State Board of Education ...

It’s easy to see why school choice is popular with parents: It enables them to make the educational arrangements that best convey the values, knowledge, and skills they wish their children to acquire.

For generations of U.S. schoolchildren, phrases like "shuttle run" and "sit-and-reach" likely conjure vivid memories of what was once a staple of American physical education: the Presidential Fitness ...

A TEST CONTAINING A RACIAL SLUR IS RAISING QUESTIONS AT A FORT SMITH HIGH SCHOOL. A PARENT SHARED THE TEST QUESTION ONLINE- AND NOW MORE STUDENTS ARE COMING FORWARD WITH THEIR OWN EXPERIENCES. 40/29'S ...

If kids learned about radon in science class, their teachers would tell them there’s wide agreement on what the radioactive gas is, how it gets into buildings and the harm it can do to someone’s ...