A version of this article appeared in the October 26, 2011 edition of Education Week as NAEP’s Odd Definition of Proficiency Related Assessment Study Questions Fate of NAEP in Common-Test Era ...

Last week, the results of a national test called the National Assessment of Educational Progress showed that Washington fourth- and eighth-graders score above average compared to their ...

About 16 people are involved in the proficiency test. "When we come together for this testing, it is all hands on deck," Ostazeski said. "It's rare to find a team pulling together like this team ...

Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne's administration plans to lower the criteria to pass a test used to measure the English proficiency of students learning English as a second language.

The test measures proficiency in four domains — listening, speaking, reading and writing in English. The test is different for each grade. But since transitional kindergarten, often referred to as TK, ...

In the wake of a seismic shift in how the nation’s most-used English-proficiency test is scored, a growing number of states have lowered their criteria for students to exit English-learner ...

The high number of English learners who have been unable to pass the proficiency test for years shows Proposition 203's one-size-fits-all English language immersion approach hasn't worked, they say.

EXCLUSIVE: English proficiency test, an advantage for Nigerians – UK Envoy The cost of the test, which currently stands between N80,000 and N90,000 in Nigeria, is almost three times the country ...