Faculty Focus

JULY 17, 2025

Checking How Well Students Blend Ideas Checking student learning in an interdisciplinary course brings special challenges, as the goal is to test knowledge of single subjects and the ability to blend and use information from many fields. In our college, old testing methods, like exams on facts from one field, do not work well.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 16, 2025

No matter what subject you teach, spend time showing students how to take notes, how to study for tests and quizzes, and how to balance their time between homework and other after-school activities. Find new ways to assess learning Reluctant learners often suffer from test anxiety , especially by the time they reach high school.

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k12

JULY 24, 2025

Your child’s education lays the groundwork for success in their college experience, career, and personal life. So, it’s no wonder that parents are rethinking how their kids receive a K-12 education. Students attend classes led by certified teachers, follow a curriculum aligned with state education standards, and have classmates.

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Edsurge

APRIL 22, 2025

The ACLU, representing the students and their families, on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) in the U.S. But we argue, in a situation like this, the government fails even that deferential test because the removals that are happening are not for any legitimate pedagogical concern.

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eSchool News

MAY 15, 2025

This story about math recovery was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. At Martin Middle School, the percentage of students meeting grade level expectations on the state math exam cratered during the pandemic, falling from 40% in 2019 to 24% in 2022.

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Elevate k12

JUNE 20, 2025

In September 2023 alone, about 52,000 teachers and other educational support staff quit their jobs in the United States. Finding and hiring quality educators has become an even bigger challenge for districts and schools. Under these conditions, qualified teachers struggle to offer quality education. The result?

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Southwest Washington Education

JUNE 15, 2025

Washington State democrats and teachers unions are fighting to STOP school choice. Idaho recently took steps to support choice. Today we bring you an article from Mountain State Policy that you may find interesting… if you are wondering what neighbors are talking about. Wyoming residents are speaking loudly in support of school choice.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

If you’re evaluating math programs at your school, a good option to consider is ORIGO Education’s Stepping Stones. Here’s one educator’s story about how Stepping Stones made a big difference with his students’ math skills: How Magnolia ISD has ‘leveled the playing field’ for students in math.

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Cal Matters

JULY 8, 2025

In summary California lawmakers could set new education requirements for police officers, but the bill has critics from all sides — including former Assemblymember Reggie Jones-Sawyer, who authored the state’s watershed 2021 police reform bill. It completely obviates the need to have any educational background,” said Alikhan. “It

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Catlin Tucker

MAY 9, 2019

As a student, I remember the stress of preparing for final exams. Sometimes I didn’t even know what the format of the final exam would be…essay, multiple choice, or short answer. My suggestion was to create a personalized final exam. a one size approach to any part of education is not equitable.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 23, 2025

In the words of James Stockdale, USNA ’46 and Medal of Honor Winner: “The test of character is not ‘hanging in there’ when you expect a light at the end of the tunnel, but performance of duty and persistence of example when you know that no light is coming.” Like the medical examination by DoDMERB.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Testing anxiety shows itself in different ways for different students. Some students avoid school on test days, and many suffer from symptoms such as stomachaches or headaches. It’s a common belief that testing anxiety affects only older students, such as those taking high school or college placement exams.

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eSchool News

JULY 6, 2022

The State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) exam will be taken entirely online next year. Many other states already have fully online tests—and in response to the pandemic, graduate entrance and career certification exams have shifted online as well.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Since the Advanced Placement (AP) program began in the 1950s, tens of millions of students have taken their exams in school, with paper and pencil, over the course of several hours. The result was an open book, open note, abbreviated at-home exam , using whatever device a student had available. It was not without its hiccups.

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eSchool News

MAY 2, 2022

Nearly everyone remembers the stress of taking a test in school. In-class exams have the power to make even the most dedicated of students quake with fear, not to mention the damage they can do to the egos of struggling learners. In fact, around 40 percent of students regularly report experiencing moderate to severe anxiety over tests.

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eSchool News

MARCH 30, 2015

One lawyer defends the practice of monitoring students on social media sites after high-stakes testing. A storm of criticism recently rained down on test publisher Pearson Education after the revelation that it regularly monitors social-media sites for public posts that contain secure content from standardized tests it publishes.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 5, 2024

When states that normally required a high school exit exam waived that requirement, graduation rates went up. Through the class of ‘28, I think we’ll still be seeing these impacts on kids who were in fifth to eighth grade during the pandemic,” said Bob Balfanz, a Johns Hopkins education professor and an author of the new report.

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Edsurge

MAY 14, 2020

Preparing for a major exam—one that you paid and studied months for—is stressful enough. And the only recourse is that you get to retake the test, with different questions, a month later. And the only recourse is that you get to retake the test, with different questions, a month later. Your AP Exam Is Complete.”

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

College admissions trends have followed suit, especially regarding standardized testing. The debate over using test scores in college admissions has oscillated between requiring them and questioning their necessity in favor of relying more on student grade point averages (GPAs). Over time, standardized tests have evolved in many ways.

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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 3, 2019

As the fall semester comes to a close, many teachers are thinking about final exams or end of the semester summative assessments. Often those semester exams cover a lot of information. The prospect of preparing students for those exams can be daunting. Instead of asking, “How can I help students to review for the exam?”

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Education has been upended amid COVID-19. While online college classes, web-based test prep, and other internet-facilitated learning methods have become a popular option over the last decade, in-person education remained the norm until the pandemic struck. Yet for many, education must go on. At-home test prep reimagined.

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eSchool News

JULY 18, 2023

AMERICAN FORK, UTAH (PRWEB) — YouScience® , the leading technology provider dedicated to closing the growing skills gap between students and employers, is proud to announce that it has administered over 1 million certification exams to high school students across the U.S., during the 2022-23 academic year.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 29, 2024

The SAT is to standardized testing what the floppy disk is to data storage. Providers of some of the most popular standardized tests are rethinking their offerings as new AI tools are challenging traditional techniques for finding out what students know — and allowing new ways to give and score tests.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Are employees evaluated using bubble-in tests to prove they know the ins and outs of their job? The questions sound a bit silly until you realize too often that’s what students take away from their education. Why is the culture to drill facts into students’ heads just to pass a test? Is it working?

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Edsurge

MAY 18, 2021

The academic year is winding down at schools and colleges, and some instructors are rethinking their usual approach to final exams to fit this unprecedented time. At Elon University, meanwhile, astrophysics professor Anthony Crider has been trying to make his final exams more experiential.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 25, 2022

Colleges can’t tap into a student’s webcam to scan the room around them during remote exams. One of the students, Aaron Ogletree, filed the lawsuit, noting that his personal documents—including tax forms that he didn’t have time to remove before the exam—were visible, and that the scan was essentially an unreasonable search.

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Edsurge

APRIL 15, 2020

The College Board says it is preparing to offer digital versions of the SAT test in students’ homes later this year, “in the unlikely event” that schools remain closed through the fall due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “We The College Board plans to use remote proctoring to administer the at-home test.

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Edsurge

APRIL 3, 2020

Changes to a major standardized test usually take months—or even years—to develop and are typically announced well in advance of the first official exam sitting. On April 3, the College Board offered details about alterations to the AP tests it will administer this May. Exams will be held from May 11 through May 22.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 27, 2024

When my friend, Emma, was preparing for finals, she used Trello to organize her study schedule, Quizlet for flashcards, and weekly Google Meet sessions with classmates to discuss tough topics, transforming her test stress into an effective study routine. Because studying for exams can feel overwhelming. Why so many digital crutches?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 17, 2022

As an educator, I’m always looking for new and innovative ways to help my students prepare for exams. And when it comes to exam prep, there’s no reason you can’t use technology to make the process more engaging for your students. Integrate interactive quiz modules into the course content.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 28, 2016

Are employees evaluated using bubble-in tests to prove they know the ins and outs of their job? The questions sound a bit silly until you realize too often that’s what students take away from their education. Why is the culture to drill facts into students’ heads just to pass a test? Is it working?

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 5, 2023

AMERICAN FORK, Utah /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — In recognition of their exceptional contributions in guiding and inspiring students, Margaret Rice of Washougal School District in Washington and Kathy Peres of Blue Valley Schools in Kansas have been awarded the esteemed YouScience® Innovative Educator Award.

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Edsurge

MAY 3, 2024

Texas is turning over some of the scoring process of its high-stakes standardized tests to robots. News outlets have detailed the rollout by the Texas Education Agency of a natural language processing program, a form of artificial intelligence, to score the written portion of standardized tests administered to students in third grade and up.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

The College Board will soon allow high school students to register for Advanced Placement (AP) exams in the fall, rather than having them wait until spring—just before the exams are held. schools, the option to register in the fall led to more underrepresented and low-income students taking the AP exams. million AP exams.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

In fact, one state, Iowa, requires no reading licensure test at all. The data brief, False Assurances: Many states’ licensure tests don’t signal whether elementary teachers understand reading instruction , provides the most up-to-date analysis on the quality of elementary reading teacher licensure exams being used by each state.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 25, 2022

The College Board announced today that the SAT will be going fully digital, arguing that the shift will make the test easier to take and administer—and a better fit for today’s students. Many critics of the test, though, remain skeptical that the changes are meaningful. Scores will also be delivered faster.

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Edsurge

JULY 27, 2020

As more colleges and school districts prepare to resume remote instruction for the fall, educators may worry how to prevent cheating when assignments and exams are held online. That’s why, instead of punishment, educators might consider incidents of cheating as a teachable moment.

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