Standardized Testing

A Leon County judge indicated during a hearing Friday that she was troubled some students were blocked from advancing to the fourth grade after "opting…

A group of parents from across Florida, including several from Tampa Bay, filed a lawsuit this week challenging the state’s reading retention law for…

The State Board of Education has approved a scoring rubric for its new standardized exam. But some are disappointed the bar isn’t being set higher.

Less than a year after lawmakers overhauled public-school testing following the botched rollout of the new Florida Standards Assessments, the debate over…

Recently, President Barack Obama admitted he’d made a mistake when it comes to public schools.Like many people with big news to share – he posted it on…

A Polk County public school teacher's letter of resignation has apparently hit a nerve with frustrated teachers and parents nationwide.Special education…

Less than a month after the Department of Education touted the validity of a new standardized test, Florida school superintendents issued a statement…

Florida authorities on Wednesday closed a six-month investigation into a cyberattack that created delays and widespread problems for students trying to...

A federal report out today reinforces that states have huge differences in their definition of "proficiency."

The Florida Department of Education says that the math tests taken by nearly 550,000 students won't count this school year.The department sent out a memo…

Miami-Dade County abandons a plan to administer 300 different end-of-course exams. The new number: 10. Broward County will throw out 1,300.

Florida school districts across the state were forced Monday to halt the latest round of state standardized testing amid renewed problems with the online…