Higher education has a standardized-test problem.
Tag: Tests and Examinations
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The Misguided War on the SAT
Colleges have fled standardized tests, on the theory that they hurt diversity. That’s not what the research shows.
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Math Scores Dropped Globally, but the U.S. Still Trails Other Countries
In a global exam for 15-year-olds, only a handful of places, including Singapore, Japan and Australia, kept math performance high through the pandemic.
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College Board Pushes A.P. Courses and Tests, Even as They Fail Some Students
This year, taxpayers paid the nonprofit at least $90 million for A.P. tests that many students failed.
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New York Is Set to Make Regents Exams Optional for Graduation
The tests had once been seen as a hallmark of academic rigor, but high-stakes graduation tests have fallen out of favor nationally.