May 24, 2017
Education Week, Vol. 36, Issue 32
Standards
Next-Generation Science Tests Slowly Take Shape
A handful of the 18 states that have adopted the Next-Generation Science Standards are using assessments meant to reflect the standards' deeper, more inquiry-based approach to science.
Assessment
What Happens When Students Design Their Own Assessments?
An experimental network of Virginia schools is letting students devise projects to demonstrate what they've learned.
Assessment
Assessment: Getting a Read on a Field in Flux
A range of forces—including common standards, a new federal education law, and digital innovation—are bringing change to the field of student testing.
Assessment
Teaching Students to De-Stress Over Testing
School districts and researchers are searching for ways to help students cope with test anxiety and other schooling stresses.
College & Workforce Readiness
Country's Oldest Career-Matching Test Gets an Update
A survey added to the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery aims to match test-takers to jobs based on interest, rather than personality.
Federal
More Testing Is Forecast for Nation's ELL Students
Spurred by changes in federal law, states are ramping up and revising English-proficiency testing for students who don't yet communicate fluently in English.
College & Workforce Readiness
Should Schools Test the 'Career' Half of 'College and Career'?
Some experts and educators argue that better assessments are needed to determine whether students have the necessary skills to succeed in the workplace.
Assessment
Market Is Booming for Digital Formative Assessments
Sales are growing for products that help teachers figure out whether students are "getting it" in class—and how educators should change instruction accordingly.
College & Workforce Readiness
In Race for Test-Takers, ACT Outscores SAT—for Now
The SAT’s long dominance in college admission testing has slipped, but it’s still a horse race, according to experts.