In his $70 billion 2012 budget request for the U.S. Department of Education, President Barack Obama seeks to reduce funding for the nation’s top education comparison test, the National Assessment for ...

RICHMOND, Va. – Virginia SOL testing will have a new focus this spring and summer. On Wednesday, Superintendent of Public Instruction James Lane said that Standard of Learning testing will focus on ...

Test scores are rising at LAUSD, but teachers and students say there is a large gap between scores and learning in the classroom. It’s left them wondering whether the focus on results, paired with “No ...