Tag: Standardized tests

  • Nation & World

    Understanding student weaknesses

    As part of an unusual study that surveyed 181 middle school physical science teachers and nearly 10,000 students, researchers found that the most successful teachers were those who knew what students would get wrong on standardized tests.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Duncan urges experiments in education

    U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan called for large-scale educational reform during a talk at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education.

    3 minutes