Standardized tests can uncover hidden potential, providing an equitable opportunity for students to demonstrate their abilities. For example, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) recently ...

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Students in “stigmatized” groups, including African-Americans and women, perform less well on standardized academic tests because of anxiety provoked by stereotypes that disparage their intellectual ...

A coalition of teachers unions, advocates and parents’ groups are pushing a long list of changes to the standardized test Illinois elementary students take each spring. They are motivated by a widely ...