“Teaching to the test.” Surely, in any world‑class educational institution this must be a bad idea. From professors to deans to education experts to parents, it is commonly denounced as a practice ...

In recent weeks, I've had a few readers ask whether the problems I've encountered with standardized testing in my children's public schools might be indicative of bad teaching, rather than bad tests.

For years now, a war has been brewing between two sides of the education world. One side argues that standardized tests are necessary to evaluate teacher performance, and the other argues that these ...

I often hear complaints and criticisms about teachers who are “teaching to the test.” The complainers act as though there is something inherently wrong with this practice or that it is somehow an ...

KPRC 2 reporter Candace Burns, who has been immersed in Fleming Middle School since the start of her “Focus on Fleming” initiative, sat down with teachers to discuss the pressures surrounding testing ...

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The Friday spelling test remains a ritual in many classrooms. I recall my own time spent writing 20 words five times each at the beginning of the week in preparation for the big day. At the time, I ...