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States and private companies are collecting unprecedented amounts of data on students from preschool through the workforce. Should you be concerned?
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As the stakes grow higher for standardized tests, so too does the desire to test more students — including younger and younger ones. WWNO wraps up its...
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Behind The Test: Schools Turn To Social Workers, Relaxation Techniques To Deal With LEAP Test StrainWWNO continues its series "Behind the Test" with a look at standardized testing through the lens of test anxiety. In the weeks leading up to the LEAP...
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WWNO continues its series “Behind the Test” with a look at test security. The paper booklets, and students’ answers inside, can determine things like...
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American students take an alphabet soup of mandatory and voluntary exams: SAT, PISA, AP. Sure it's a lot, but in places like Japan and England, tests are incredibly high-stress and life-defining.
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New Common Core teaching standards mean new standardized exams. NPR's Cory Turner took one himself and reports on what's changed.
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Many students who don't ace the SAT and ACT tests apply to schools that make standardized test scores optional. A new study shows those students do just as well in college as those who submit their scores.
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Our series on the future continues with a discussion about education. Morning Edition co-host Steve Inskeep talks to Linda Darling-Hammond, a former adviser to President Obama, who is dismayed to see his administration build on the high-stakes testing requirements introduced by the Bush administration.
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American 15-year-olds scored below average in math among the world's most-developed countries, according to rankings released every three years. They were close to average in science and reading.