Last spring, the University of Austin in Texas, declaring the college admissions system “biased,” “broken” and “unjust,” ...

After calling for an investigation into standardized tests and suspending a new exam by executive order, Gov. Rick Scott quickly signed a bill limiting how many hours students can be evaluated. "I ...

Standardized test requirements should be aligned with mission—a fact that demands a variety of approaches across different ...

In early 2020, the University of California set the tone for the rest of the country when its regents voted to drop SAT and ACT admissions requirements through 2024. That decision, initially framed as ...

Students walk down the hall at Burroughs Elementary in Tulsa Public Schools on April 8, 2024. (Photo by Nuria Martinez-Keel/Oklahoma Voice) I responded to former State Superintendent Ryan Walters’ ...

For more than a century, American education has been driven by the same invisible engine: standardization. Rows of desks.

The return of standardized testing requirements drove down the size of Harvard’s application pool this year — but it’s not clear how the change will affect the profile of future freshman classes. The ...

The state Board of Education is slated to decide on new standardized test score descriptions. There’s debate over the best way to describe students who are not proficient. The newly proposed terms for ...

This article is featured in the 2025 Winter Carnival Special Issue. On Dec. 13, 2024, the College offered admission to the earliest accepted members of the Class of 2029 — the first class to apply to ...

Corrected: A previous version of this article misstated the consequences for low-performing schools related to state and federally required testing. Students in one Arizona district will take fewer ...