Standardized tests

Developers say they understand why teachers would be skeptical. But, they insist, computers already drive cars and detect cancer, so they can certainly handle grading students' essays.

A new Stanford University analysis of state and national test scores shows more Ohio students pass state exams than similar nationwide tests, which…

When Ohio’s scores on the National Assessment of Education Progress, or NAEP, exam were released last month, they showed almost no academic growth for Ohio fourth and eighth graders, much like the rest of the country. In fact, Florida was one of the only states to show progress, especially with low-income and black students.

School districts around the state were forced to change their standardized testing schedules because of a system malfunction. Ohio’s testing vendor, the…

Hundreds of students in Akron were among those prevented from beginning a state required exam Wednesday due to a computer glitch that impacted testing statewide. Testing resumed Thursday after a bug in the vendor’s system prevented students from logging in to their English Language Arts exams Wednesday. A spokesperson with the Ohio Department of Education said ODE was notified Wednesday morning by AIR, the American Institutes for Research, of a problem with its log in system.

The Ohio Board of Education is recommending lawmakers reduce the number of exams students must take to graduate.Board members voted Tuesday to get rid of…

Which test is best? That’s the debate among state lawmakers as Ohio schools have completely phased out state tests taken with paper and pencil in favor...

U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown Tuesday in Hilliard pushed for a reduction in duplicative testing in schools. Brown pushed for legislation that would provide…

The Ohio Department of Education says it may allow some alternative standardized tests in some high-performing schools.The pilot plan announced Monday…