Parents who have watched their children buckle under high-stakes assessments often feel powerless when school policies remain unchanged. Writing a formal…
A school’s parent portal can reveal far more than attendance and report marks. Depending on the platform and the state or territory system behind it, families…
Every April, students across New York State sit down for the grades three through eight English language arts and mathematics assessments. Every September,…
Parents have grown accustomed to hearing about school testing, but the vocabulary can feel like alphabet soup. Terms like "interim assessment," "benchmark…
NAPLAN week rolls around each year and so does the knot in many parents' stomachs. Across Sydney and Melbourne, mums and dads wrestle with the same question:…
Across many school systems, a familiar scene is unfolding: a once-bustling library is repurposed as a computer lab, and weekly visits to the shelves are…
The expansion of school data collection has become a global concern, and Australia is no exception. Since the rollout of the National Assessment Program –…
Research on high-stakes testing points to a complicated pattern. Standardised assessments can identify gaps, clarify expectations and help schools direct…