Major decisions that affect the trajectory of students’ lives hinge on their high school grades: in-class support they might or might not receive, college admission offers, and potentially financial ...

Students sitting for their STAAR exams this week will be part of a new method of evaluating Texas schools: Their written answers on the state's standardized tests will be graded automatically by ...

Imagine taking a college exam and, instead of handing in a blue book and getting a grade from a professor a few weeks later, clicking the “send” button when you are done and receiving a grade back ...

A Knightsen school district committee has agreed to implement a grading formula that puts a stronger emphasis on test performance. A few of the district’s classes adopted that approach last spring, ...

The number of elementary school students who received a zero on their state standardized essay test questions this spring increased by about 20% from last year. Among all third- to eighth-graders, ...

Indiana State Board of Education considers new school grading system that focuses on student achievement beyond test scores.

DiMaggio and Farley have each written books about their experiences as test scorers for student writing tests. Both are sharply critical of test scoring businesses, writing that companies often use ...