Entries for the 'Standards & Assessment' Category

Amidst concerns that class curriculum can become too focused on "teaching the test," the Advance Placement courses offered to high school juniors and ...

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A new study, financed by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, has found that measuring teacher effectiveness may be as simple as asking the students...

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In a worldwide test of 15-year-old students, the US has placed average or below average in reading, math and science compared to other nations. The te...

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The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) has released the 2009 test results for 12th grade students. Overall, the results show a modest ...

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A new report released by the Council of the Great City Schools, an urban education advocacy group, has found that African-American boys are achieving ...

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In this opinion piece, Caitlin Hollister and Wendy Soref, two elementary school teachers in Boston, examine Davis Guggenheim's documentary "Waiting fo...

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With over 4,000 enrolled students, Brockton High School is the largest public school in the state of Massachusetts, and one of the largest in the nati...

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Leaders of the Fall River district and B.M.C. Durfee High School analyzed their data to develop actionable strategies to boost student achievement, le...

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President and Founder of The Efficacy Institute, Jeff Howard, is chairing a task force to address the "proficiency gap" in Massachusetts; yesterday th...

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The 2009 NAEP Reading results show little improvement; read a summary of the results from EdWeek (includes links to NAEP reports and findings). Click...

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