Teacher candidates nationwide would have to pass a common performance assessment based on student-teaching experiences before becoming licensed, if advocates for a new certification process get their ...
Teachers need more support to move testing from a “necessary evil” to a classroom tool, experts say. While summative assessments—like unit quizzes or annual state tests—are used for evaluation and ...
TEST YOURSELF: Questions abound over how and whether the new Common Core assessments, currently in development by the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) and ...
The Mississippi Department of Education this week released sample questions from a third-grade reading test that will determine the fate of some 38,000 students statewide. The Third-Grade Reading ...