New Jersey's public school students will be taking a new, adaptive, standardized assessment next spring. The key word here is "adaptive," which refers to computerized tests in which each student sees ...

Each January, many of us jump into a new exercise routine without considering our goals. Are we working out to lose weight? Gain muscle? Set a new personal record in a familiar event? Success can be ...

Teachers need more support to move testing from a “necessary evil” to a classroom tool, experts say. While summative assessments—like unit quizzes or annual state tests—are used for evaluation and ...

Every organization has a culture but most accept the one they have as a given. The Markkula Center’s Ethical Culture Self-Assessment Practice offers corporate boards and senior management teams a ...

Question: What activity is done by most teachers in the United States, but has almost no evidence of effectiveness in raising student test scores? Answer: Analyzing student assessment data. This ...

NATICK, Mass. (Feb. 22, 2017) -- Mention the Occupational Physical Assessment Test, or OPAT, to Soldiers, and most will know about the battery of four physical performance tests that, starting in 2017 ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. David Kindness is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and an expert in the fields of ...