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More than 11,000 copies of high schooler's handwritten notes sold online | 2022-05-28 17:15:00

Ninth graders were asked to define “trolling” on this year’s standardized exam, reflecting efforts to make the test better reflect real-life situations. Adjustments to this year’s Comprehensive Assessment Program for Junior High School Students were revealed on Sunday, after the last cohort of students completed the test over the weekend. The Ministry of Education solicited feedback about the test from teachers, who approved of the new question in the English portion. Not only was questi...

By Lin Hsiao-yun and Kayleigh Madjar / Staff reporter, with staff writer and CNANinth graders were asked to define “trolling” on this year’s standardized exam, reflecting efforts to make the test better reflect real-life situations.

The physical fitness of elementary and junior-high school students has significantly improved in the past 10 years after a majority of school districts across the nation listed it as a factor to be considered for high-school enrollment, the Sports Administration said on Thursday. Students in school districts that consider physical fitness test results a factor in the high-school admission process are fitter than those from districts that do not, it said. To understand changes in students’ phy...

First novel in Hermione Lee’s trilogy hits bestseller list on Taiwan’s largest online bookstore | 2021-10-25 16:47:00

The Ministry of Education has confirmed that a contractor mistakenly deleted more than 10,000 online study histories — which universities could access to evaluate applicants — uploaded by 7,854 students from 81 senior and vocational high schools nationwide. Some worry that the full electronic portfolios cannot be recovered and say that the ministry should protect students’ rights by postponing a policy to use e-portfolios as a key criterion for university admission. Others say that the fil...

Our children need to return to in-person learning with zero mandates. They deserve to see their friends’ and teachers’ faces without masks this year.

Education Commissioner Releases Spring 2021 TCAP Results August 3, 2021 August 2, 2021 Today, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee and Education Commissioner Penny Schwinn announced the Spring 2021 Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program (TCAP) state-level results. This is the first set of state-level data related to student academic achievement available since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. “These results show that COVID-19 has disrupted learning in every school district in Tennessee,” ...

COVID-19: School closures extended until June 14 HOMESCHOOLING: The minister of education urged employers to support workers who need to take time off to take care of their young children during the closure By Sherry Hsiao / Staff reporter The suspension of in-person classes at schools across the nation has been extended until June 14, the Ministry of Education said yesterday. Minister of Education Pan Wen-chung (潘文忠) made the announcement at ...

Ever since the government proposed that Taiwan be transformed into a bilingual nation by 2030, people have been debating the policy’s pros and cons. Experts and academics have offered various theoretical arguments, but one standard answer has not surfaced. In my view, as a teacher, achieving the policy requires a review of the issues from a practical perspective, from the viewpoint of Taiwan’s educational structure and characteristics. The education system is dominated by test-oriented learn...