LAWRENCE — For the past 50 years, standardized tests have been the norm in American schools, a method proponents say determines which schools are not performing and helps hold educators accountable.

The backlash against standardized tests has left lawmakers searching for ways to keep parents happy yet still hold schools, and students, accountable ...

A new book by Nicolas Lehmann argues against reliance on standardized testing for determining access to quality higher education. Only a couple of years after the Covid-19 pandemic led most four-year ...

A lot has changed since Nicholas Lemann last wrote about college admissions tests in his 1999 book, The Big Test. A progressive movement against standardized test requirements took off in the 2000s, ...

When the College Board canceled SAT testing in 2020, hundreds of colleges adopted test-optional admissions policies for that fall. The Urban Institute reported that the number of four-year colleges ...

Former Assistant Secretary of Education Diane Ravitch was once an early advocate of No Child Left Behind, school vouchers and charter schools. In 2005, she wrote, "We should thank President George W.

Standardized testing continues to be a critical component in U.S. education and college admissions. This stands true even as formats evolve and new technologies reshape the academic experience. This ...

Aidan Muller ’27 makes the point that SATs predict college success well for both white and minority students. He concludes by suggesting that the admissions office should reinstitute the requirement ...

A previous version of this article misstated the percentage of educators who believe artificial intelligence will make standardized testing worse, according to a survey conducted by the EdWeek ...