Standardized tests are simply thermometers. Yet they’ve been abandoned by many. In his book Measuring Up, Daniel Koretz reminds readers that the reason we call something a “standardized test” is ...

The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) voted 4-3 Tuesday on a resolution that would allow 10 schools to opt out of standardized tests and test preparation beginning in the 2025-26 school year ...

Major decisions that affect the trajectory of students’ lives hinge on their high school grades: in-class support they might or might not receive, college admission offers, and potentially financial ...

For more than a century, American education has been driven by the same invisible engine: standardization. Rows of desks.

The standardized tests used for college admissions—tests like the SAT, ACT, LSAT, and GMAT—are some of the most reliable measurement instruments available. They reflect an enormous investment of ...

Dartmouth College will once again require standardized college admissions tests in order to be admitted to the school, a reversal for the Ivy League school that was one of a thousand schools that made ...

With many students returning to school in September, educators are preparing their classes for the new year and getting ready for the standardized testing that takes place annually. These standardized ...

If you work long enough in education, you see that most academic trends swing through extreme phases like a pendulum. College admissions trends have followed suit, especially regarding standardized ...

Dartmouth College and Yale University both recently announced that they would be requiring standardized test scores in undergraduate admissions, following a four year pause on the requirement due to ...

William Liang At the sixth-ranked American public university, UC San Diego, a quarter of students taking a remedial math course placement exam couldn’t solve for x in this equation: 7 + 2 = x + 6. A ...