Test to safeguard special schools
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Schools for children with special needs should not close unless provision is improving, the government says.
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BALTIMORE, Oct. 31 -- A divided Maryland State Board of Education approved a plan Wednesday that would allow students struggling to pass a set of state tests required to earn a high school diploma to complete projects as an alternative.
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Standard Grades and Advanced Highers are added to the list of Scottish examinations under threat.
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After a breach, a school district wants to test its security crackdown by issuing a challenge to hackers.
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Six million students are expected to begin school Saturday in a key test of security.
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A new report for the first time measures the extent of the differences in academic standards from state to state.
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Education inspectors want "urgent action" to close a widening gap in primary school reading standards.
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Schools should weigh and measure all children annually to determine whether they&#39;re overweight, and the government must set nutritional standards for brand-name foods and drinks
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The Education Department is advising school leaders nationwide to watch for people spying on their buildings or buses to help detect any possibility of terrorism like the deadly school siege in Russia.
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A union representing headteachers says it would support the random drug testing of schoolchildren.
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By Jan Hefler, The Philadelphia Inquirer  Mar. 1--It started as a practical joke and a test to see if he could change his friends' computerized grades at Cherry Hill High School East and escape detection.
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The test, developed by Harvard researchers at the Children&#39;s Hospital in Boston, is a preliminary finding. But if it is backed up by further research, it could herald a major breakthrough in efforts to detect
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A new position overseeing nothing but test scores and data has been created in the State Office of Education.  The new associate superintendent's job was awarded to state testing director Judy Park.
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A review of primary education in England says the system is "preoccupied" with testing and national standards.
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There are claims some schools told students the answers in a flawed  A-level practical exam.
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Congress is poised to approve the first major changes to special education in seven years, updating a landmark law that now serves 6.7 million children.
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A major report on England's secondary schooling will push for "core" skills in number-handling and communication.