ACT test takers take note: The No. 2 pencil is losing its cachet. Greater numbers of high school students will be able to take the college entrance exam on a computer next year. The ACT announced ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A computer program glitch has, so far, foiled two days' worth of statewide standardized tests for grades 3-8. The state blamed the ...

NEW YORK (WBNG) -- The New York State of Education Department said many schools across the state are experiencing a slowdown in computer-based testing systems for third to eighth graders. The ...

$87,297 raised during the 13th annual Help Fight Hunger Telethon The 13th annual Help Fight Hunger Telethon was Thursday, January 29. Bronze plaque commemorating a WWII soldier, killed in action, ...

Students in several area schools were not able to complete their state ELA tests Tuesday as scheduled, when the computer-based tests were not functioning in 10% of the state's schools. The issue ...

Journal of Allied Health, Vol. 29, No. 3 (FALL 2000), pp. 161-164 (4 pages) This study examined the equivalence of computer- and paper-based versions of an examination through score differences across ...

As New York City students begin taking state tests this week, some grades will be required to exclusively take the tests on computers for the first time, prompting concerns from parents and educators ...

Computer-based state testing was thrown into chaos across New York last week as persistent technical failures plagued schools for two consecutive days. The disruptions — affecting thousands of ...

New York Department of Education has been phasing in computer-based assessments, rather than using bubble sheets and pencils. "There's a lot of frustration," Rockland BOCES spokesperson Scott Salotto ...

A computer program glitch has, so far, foiled two days' worth of statewide standardized tests for grades 3-8. The state blamed the testing vendor. Calling the problems a "slowdown with the Grades 3-8 ...