Children with additional educational needs will no longer need an assessment to access a special class or special school ...

Deputy Ní Raghallaigh said: “ Yesterday, during Sinn Féin’s motion on the Assessment of Need crisis, Minister Foley announced ...

The pandemic reignited the debate over shifting away from high-stakes testing to a more balanced assessment approach that’s part of the regular instructional cycle. Many parents and education leaders ...

Corrected: A previous version of this essay mistitled the author’s book in his bio. There are rumblings—from The New York Times, Substack, and other online platforms—marking the death, even the ...

An inescapable element of K-12 public education in the United States is testing. For many students and parents, testing has become ubiquitous. It feels like it is everywhere, every day, all the time.

Test scores have fallen to historic lows, student mobility has stalled, and the gap between top performers and their peers has widened. Data from the Department of Education and expert testimony show ...