Every assessment is designed to measure a construct. Science achievement, Newtonian mechanics, and understanding inquiry are examples of constructs that might be measured by a science assessment. A ...

With a federal testing deadline looming, now is the time for states to improve their science assessments. Beginning just three years from now, with the 2007-08 school year, states will be required ...

The Colorado-based ed-tech company Penda Learning is adding Scantron assessments to its game-based digital science curriculum for elementary and middle schoolers, aligning it with state-specific ...

The federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) currently requires states to measure students’ progress in reading and mathematics. Based on their results, low-performing schools or districts may face ...

After Thursday’s release of 2024 data in Kentucky’s K-12 accountability system, the Commissioner of Education and a district superintendent are raising concerns about students’ science test scores.

The No Child Left Behind Act of 2002 (NCLB, Public Law 110-107) extends the accountability provisions of the 1994 reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (Improving America’s ...