Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark C. Perna is a generational expert who covers education & careers. Every year, teachers and students across America brace for ...

Testing has become the end-all, be-all of the public education reform movement. The idea seems quite sensible, that holding students (and teachers) to certain objective standards incentivizes both of ...

In the Education Department’s sweeping Dear Colleague letter last month, acting assistant secretary for civil rights Craig Trainor wrote that colleges must eliminate all race-conscious programs and ...

As students wrap up the school year, their last hurdle is often state testing, which can spark discussions about whether or not these exams accurately measure student learning. In the spring, states ...

Corrected: A previous version of this article misstated the consequences for low-performing schools related to state and federally required testing. Students in one Arizona district will take fewer ...