Every assessment is designed to measure a construct. Science achievement, Newtonian mechanics, and understanding inquiry are examples of constructs that might be measured by a science assessment. A ...

The No Child Left Behind Act of 2002 (NCLB, Public Law 110-107) extends the accountability provisions of the 1994 reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (Improving America’s ...

Clarification: This story has been updated to clarify the nature of the organization WestEd. Using an elementary curriculum aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards improved students’ science ...

March 12, 2026 - A settlement was recently reached in a class-action case, requiring LAUSD to offer intensive "high-dose" tutoring to 100,000 students for three years. The State Board of Education is ...

HELENA, Mont.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Montana Office of Public Instruction (OPI), in partnership with assessment leader New Meridian, has been awarded a nearly $4 million Competitive Grants for State ...

Assessment is the process of collecting information for the purpose of making educational decisions. Paper and pencil tests traditionally have been used to assess students' factual knowledge of ...

Four years ago Barack Obama promised to improve states' standardized testing of scientific aptitude in public schools. In his campaign literature, he pointed to a few states that were already ...