Pick the right answer from the set provided. But anyone who’s taken enough of these tests knows there’s more to it.

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EdSource · How a charter school serving adults became embroiled in scandal and sparked calls for reform There is an adage in education that what you test guides what you teach. Those who care about ...

Like many professors, I tend to disparage multiple-choice tests. They measure a narrow test-taking skill that has little to do with “real life.” They’re about memorizing facts rather than dealing with ...

Our students arrive at school with vastly different levels of preparation for the rigors of kindergarten. These children, in their first few months, will have to pass tests showing they know their ...

Ideally, multiple-choice exams would be random, without patterns of right or wrong answers. However, all tests are written by humans, and human nature makes it impossible for any test to be truly ...

Meandering into the lecture hall, you take note of the atmosphere. The air is still. But for the faint sounds of shuffling pages, trackpad clicks, and anxiety-laced whispering, the room is silent. You ...

In an excellent column, Ray Schroeder, senior fellow for the Association of Leaders in Online and Professional Education, laments the tendency for many instructors to rely on text-specific test banks ...

In addition to the important drivers you cite, there’s a steady downward demographic trend in US college-age kids, and the ...

Greg McElroy runs the 40-yard dash at the NFL football scouting combine. His brain came along for the ride too. As Charles Wonderlic drove from the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis to his ...

The Biden administration revealed plans Wednesday to rewrite the test to become a U.S. citizen, making it a multiple-choice exam and changing the way applicants must demonstrate their knowledge of ...