Florida Senate passes bill lowering stakes of school standardized tests

The Florida Senate passed a large education package Thursday that would reduce the impact of standardized testing when it comes to graduation requirements. The legislation, sponsored by Tallahassee Republican Senator Corey Simon, would no longer require …

FL senators back ditching standardized test graduation requirement

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (CBS12) — Florida senators unanimously passed a plan that would remove the requirement that students pass the standardized Algebra and English exams currently needed to earn their diplomas. On Thursday morning, senators voted 37-0 to …

Tips to ace standardized tests

Gemini Pro 2.5 is one of only two AIs to crush all my coding tests - and it's free

Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNETAs part of my AI coding evaluations, I run a standardized series of four programming tests against each AI. These tests are designed to determine how well a given AI can help you program. This is kind of useful, especially …

Florida Senate bill would reduce reliance on standardized tests

A new bill in the Florida Legislature proposes eliminating the Algebra 1 and 10th grade ELA assessments as graduation requirements. Supporters argue that the current system unfairly penalizes students based on a single test score. Critics contend that the …

From Standardized to Individualized in Eating Disorder Care

In the first and second parts of this miniseries, I’ve suggested that mental healthcare can get tangled up in damaging ways with loss of agency and identity. Standardization is a ubiquitous capitalist method, and it breeds drabness: here, the drabness of …

What standardized tests will my child take in elementary school in NC?

RALEIGH, N.C.— Starting in third grade, your child will begin taking standardized tests in North Carolina. What do they take and when? It all depends on the grade and school district they are in. What standardized assessments are employed in North Carolina …

The standardized tests your NC high school student takes

By high school, students in North Carolina are used to taking standardized tests. Having been tested yearly since third grade, students are not subjected to the same tests in high school – but they do have the higher pressure ones like the ACT and SAT to …

Standardized tests in NC schools - Who takes them and why they are required

The mere mention of standardized testing can cause anxiety for students and parents. When does your child start taking these tests? And why do they have to take them in the first place? Each state and even each school district has a different set of …

Cash for tests? Texas homeschoolers weigh requirements under school choice proposal

Texas homeschool parents soon could face a choice: $2,000 in taxpayer money or maintain independence from government reach into their children’s education. A Senate proposal for a school voucherlike program in Texas would require homeschool participants …