Standardized Testing News

The Sandy Actors Theatre is offering a drama camp for kids who think professional musical theater is something they might like to pursue.

A judge overseeing the case against dozens of Atlanta educators accused of a conspiracy to cheat on standardized tests is expressing concerns about whether their statements to investigators were coerced by investigators.

The Escambia County School Board on Tuesday approved new attendance zones for the four schools taking in upper elementary students from Lincoln Park Elementary School as it converts to a primary school.

Canutillo Independent School District board members are working to decide who to hire as the new principal of Canutillo High School and other key positions.

In a badly botched answer to the final question during this year's Miss America Pageant, Miss Utah Marissa Powell stammered something unintelligible about men and women in the workplace and saw the crown slip away.

States can ask for another year before using student test results to decide whether to keep or fire teachers, Education Secretary Arne Duncan told school chiefs on Tuesday.

The announcement of five Mobile County schools designated as failing to meet academic standards under the Alabama Accountability Act will likely not lead to any major changes in the schools' enrollments, schools Superintendent Martha Peek said in a news conference Tuesday.

I haven't seen a better explanation or analysis of Fisher v. University of Texas, the current Supreme Court affirmative action case that could be decided any day now, than in a ProPublica piece on the subject .

On Monday, "Milwaukee Succeeds" said one of its goals is to increase third grade reading proficiency, from 15 to 38 percent.

In the weeks before the Supreme Court ruled on the constitutionality of Obamacare, the country trembled with anticipation.

Students began attending summer school at 37 of Guam's public schools yesterday, kicking off five weeks of the summer program for elementary and middle schools, and six weeks for high schools.

The nation's teacher-training programs do not adequately prepare would-be educators for the classroom, even as they produce almost triple the number of graduates needed, according to a survey of more than 1,000 programs released Tuesday.

Don't let your children be victims of "summer learning loss." Summer break can be a time for continued education.

Louisiana's free college tuition program called TOPS carries a hefty price tag in a state budget that has been throttled with cuts.

School's out for summer but districts are doing their homework on some new state laws that will affect your kids.

BALLARAT state schools would receive nearly $85 million more in funding under federal education reforms, according to figures released by the Gillard government.

New Jersey's Education Department is considering requiring prospective teachers to achieve at least a B average in college before they can get state certification.

On June 17, 1901, 973 students sat down for the first standardized college entrance examination administered in the United States; the students took the exams all week.

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Central is considered one of the nation's best high schools. It won that distinction from U.S. News and World Report -- which also ranked it Missouri's 12th best high school -- for its overall academic achievement as well as for how successfully its black, Hispanic and low-income students perform on state-mandated exams.