Online Testing
Professional Development
5 Tips for Remote Learning PD Success
Training teachers, principals, and district administrators on how to improve remote instruction will take a big commitment to mastering the learning management system and honing video teaching skills.
School & District Management
Opinion
Advice for Principals: Remote Teaching, Competitive Colleagues, and Lots of Uncertainty
In a new advice column for school leaders, former principal Sharif El-Mekki answers your questions about leading during the pandemic.
Assessment
Standardized Testing and COVID-19: 4 Questions Answered
The pandemic disrupted standardized at state and national levels this spring. Here’s what education leaders need to know about continued disruptions and infection risks posed by testing.
Assessment
Opinion
I Am an AP Teacher. The College Board Failed the COVID-19 Test This Year
The College Board paid lip service to confronting the digital divide, but some students still didn't get a fair shake, writes Mariusz Gałczyński.
Assessment
Inside a Procurement Dispute in North Carolina
North Carolina officials' switch in reading-test vendors just weeks before the new school year got underway is spotlighting the often murky process of contracts and procurements for K-12 services.
Assessment
Scores Were Lower When Mass. Students Took PARCC Exams on Computers, Study Finds
Unfamiliarity with technology contributed to lower scores for online test-takers in 2015, but the effects diminished over time, researchers found.
Assessment
Online State Testing in 2018: Mostly Smooth, With One Glaring Exception
For the second time in three years, Tennessee experienced major online testing disruptions, prompting new state legislation and raising questions about ESSA compliance.
Assessment
Report Roundup
Online Testing
Asking students and schools to switch from paper-and-pencil to online assessments does affect students' performance, but problems might be more short-lived than some educators fear, finds a study by the American Institutes of Research.
Assessment
Navigation of Computer-Based Tests Matters for Young Students, Study Finds
Elementary and middle school students scored worse when they couldn't revisit questions they had skipped or previously answered, a new study found.
Assessment
Ed Groups Push Schools to Embrace Online Assessments
National groups representing school board members, superintendents, and ed-tech officials want to help schools transition to online assessments.
Classroom Technology
Ed-Tech Research That Mattered in 2016
From the maker movement to online testing to the digital divide, 2016 was a big year for high-quality research on the promise and peril of educational technology.
Assessment
Tablets Pose Challenges for Online Test Takers, Studies Finding
Researchers are finding signs of "device effects" for online tests administered in some grades and subjects, and for certain types of assessment items.
Teaching
Microsoft Releases Early Version of Minecraft for Educators
In the education version of the popular game, students can explore subjects ranging from science and engineering to history as they re-create places and events.
Law & Courts
Online-Testing Stumbles Spark Legislation in Affected States
Ill-timed glitches in the administration of online assessments have spurred lawmakers in several states to push bills that would crack down on testing companies.