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Opinion

‘Achievement Gap’ vs. ‘Education Debt’: Why the Language of Testing Matters

Jennifer Randall
podcast

LISTEN — Class Disrupted S4 E9: Shake-Up in the Assessment Market

Diane Tavenner & Michael B. Horn
student data

Book Review — Are Education Leaders Mismeasuring Schools’ Vital Signs?

David Osborne
testing

Should Kids Be Allowed to Retake Tests? A Parent’s — and a Teacher’s — View

Alina Adams
learning loss

LAUSD’s Test Scores Reveal Large Drops For Latino & Female Students

Joshua Bay
assessments

Teacher’s View: Testing Ability & Achievement Gives Insight into the Whole Child

Anna Houseman
education

COVID Slide: As Half of Students Fail Annual Tests, Pleas For Lawmakers to Act

Tessa Weinberg
Florida

Fewer than Half of Florida 5th Graders Passed State Science Exam

Danielle J. Brown
Pandemic

New CDC Guidance Could Be Gamechanger on Restrictions as Students Return to School

Linda Jacobson
testing

Dougal: What’s the Cost of a Bad Test? Much More than $7 Per Student

Jason Dougal
The Big Picture

Study: COVID Learning Loss Comparable to That Inflicted by Hurricane Katrina

Kevin Mahnken
Best of the Month

A Radical Proposal to Help Students Recover the Learning They Lost Amid COVID

The 74
Pandemic

Amid Growing Test-Optional Movement, SAT Goes Virtual

Kevin Mahnken
Pandemic

Amid Testing Shortage, White House Ramps Up Supply to Schools

Linda Jacobson
Pandemic

As Chicago Schools Reopen, Conflict Deepens Rift Between Mayor, Teachers Union

Linda Jacobson
Pandemic

Strike Update: Chicago Parents Feel ‘Caught in the Middle of a Custody War’

Linda Jacobson
Pandemic

Learning Loss Magnified in Remote Districts, Study Finds

Kevin Mahnken
Pandemic

COVID Shots for Children Usher in New Wave of Vaccine Hesitancy

Greg Toppo
Pandemic

Districts Struggle to Make Widespread COVID Testing Happen in Schools

Linda Jacobson
Pandemic

Pandemic Testing Gaps Make it Harder to Help Struggling Schools

Linda Jacobson
Pandemic

Florida Governor’s Plan to Nix End-of-Year Tests Lacks Details

Linda Jacobson
Pandemic

Researchers Press Case for the Importance of Testing — Even During Pandemic

Greg Toppo
The Big Picture

Study Shows Meager Growth Linked to Common Core

Kevin Mahnken
The 74 Interview

Author Amanda Ripley on New Film, the Pandemic, and Lost Trust in our Schools

Kevin Mahnken
Assessment

Role of Equity in Reading Tests Divides Board Overseeing ‘Nation’s Report Card’

Linda Jacobson
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