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Gov. Josh Shapiro said he wants all students in Pennsylvania to take standardized tests online, saving the state millions of dollars.

A former teacher says a focus on improving scores comes at a cost to learning.

Colleges have turned away from standardized testing in admissions. Are the tests really that bad?

The School Committee took a stand against the use of the MCAS standardized test as a high school graduation requirement. Here's what that means.

After years of losses, the nonprofit ACT is moving the test into a for-profit corporation that will be majority owned by Nexus Capital Management. The price and availability of the standardized test will not change, ACT leaders say.

OPINION: Instead of motivating students to learn, the outdated grading system rewards memorization and achieving the reductive “A” grade. This leaves scholars at a disadvantage when transferring to a college-level

After almost four years, Yale University is joining another Ivy League school to once again require applicants to submit an SAT or ACT score, saying the change could help boost admittance for underprivileged students despite concerns from advocates.

Yale University is the second Ivy League to reintroduce standardized testing for admissions.

“Most of the world’s major nations have concluded that healthy children do not need Covid-19 vaccinations,” observes Joel Zinberg at City Journal.

Standardized testing and the preparation leading up to it is an important aspect of a high school student’s curriculum. There’s a big change this year that affe