ETS Acquires ACT: Should Students Take The ACT Test?

As standardized testing for Ivy League and other U.S. colleges returns, families may wonder whether to trust the ACT and what ...
Forbes

Why Standardized Testing Makes A Great Servant—And A Terrible Master

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 ...
Education Week

Will AI Transform Standardized Testing?

A previous version of this article misstated the percentage of educators who believe artificial intelligence will make standardized testing worse, according to a survey conducted by the EdWeek ...
ecampusnews.com

Test: The four-letter word that works with GPA for college admissions

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 ...
The Atlantic

Actually, the SAT Was Necessary After All

Zvezdelina Stankova has taught mathematics at UC Berkeley for nearly three decades. But in 2023, while teaching introductory calculus for the first time since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic ...
The New York Times

Debating the Value of Standardized Tests

Re “Don’t Ditch Standardized Tests. Fix Them,” by Jessica Grose (Opinion, nytimes.com, Jan. 17): Ms. Grose is incorrect when she says, “Without standardized testing, we won’t know where to put the ...
Education Week

How Teachers in This District Pushed to Have Students Spend Less Time Testing

Corrected: A previous version of this article misstated the consequences for low-performing schools related to state and federally required testing. Students in one Arizona district will take fewer ...