Guidance from the U.S. Department of Education on standardized testing for the 2020-21 school year, Feb. 22, 2021. State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond reaction to federal testing ...

Is standardized testing dead? Or, to paraphrase Mark Twain, are the reports “greatly exaggerated”? In March 2020, about 1,000 of the 2,300 private nonprofit and public bachelor's-granting colleges and ...

With the state expected to unveil a new standardized testing program in the coming months, educators, union leaders and parents have joined forces to oppose more frequent interim assessments, which ...

Despite opposition from some teachers and parents, the Illinois State Board of Education is considering replacing the state’s annual student assessment with interim testing throughout the school year, ...