Now that we know how much states are likely to have to pony up per student for the new PARCC tests (and also Smarter Balanced tests), similar cost questions are being raised about the new ...

WestEd researchers today released a guide they’d been working on for 18 months, commissioned by the U.S. Department of Education, to help states create standards and tests for English-language ...

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — As Rhode Island and Massachusetts schools prepare to administer the federally-mandated English learner proficiency test, educators are raising safety and test score validity ...

Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne's administration plans to lower the criteria to pass a test used to measure the English proficiency of students learning English as a second language.

Schoolchildren who are still learning English typically take a federally required test shortly after the winter break that measures their fluency in the language. This school year is far from typical, ...