Washington, D.C. – The transition to the Common Core State Standards offers an important opportunity to replace America’s flawed and misaligned assessment system with better and fairer tests, ...

While nearly every state that adopted the Common Core State Standards appears to be sticking with that commitment, political pressure is fragmenting the environment for tests aligned with the common ...

For four years, schools in nearly every state have been working to put the Common Core State Standards into practice in classrooms, but few have put them to the test—literally. This year, that changes ...

BISMARCK – After lengthy and passionate debate, House lawmakers Wednesday narrowly defeated a bill that would have forced North Dakota to withdraw from the consortium that develops assessments for the ...

LOS GATOS, Calif., June 17, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- OpenEd (www.OpenEd.io), the largest K-12 educational resource catalog, today announced a free tool designed to enable teachers to easily create ...

BISMARCK – After lengthy and passionate debate, House lawmakers on Wednesday narrowly defeated a bill that would have forced North Dakota to withdraw from the consortium that develops assessments for ...

Washington, D.C. — With the debate over standardized testing reaching a fever pitch, a new report from the Center for American Progress finds a culture of testing and test preparation across many ...

A majority of students refused to take the Common Core assessment tests in several local school districts this year while scores for those who took the exams rose incrementally. The opt-out rates ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Gov. Terry Branstad is removing Iowa from an organization created to develop an assessment system for the Common Core education standards. A Branstad spokesman said Tuesday ...

A while ago, my fellow Friday columnist Joylene Wagner lamented that “most of our elementary students don’t receive regular musical instruction” despite evidence that show art education “can support ...