National  School  Testing Urged
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Many states, including Maryland and Virginia, are reporting student proficiency rates so much higher than what the most respected national measure has found that several influential education experts are calling for a move toward a national testing system.
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Secondary schools in England should be inspected on their "community cohesion", a government adviser says.
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Math and reading scores are rising in some states, but not as fast as envisioned under the No Child Left Behind law, a nonpartisan education group says.
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A-Levels and GCSEs are to be monitored by a new independent watchdog to ensure that school exam standards are maintained, Schools Secretary Ed Balls will tell the Labour Party conference on Wednesday.
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State schools must be able to offer the same exams as the private sector to halt a gulf in standards, the Tories say.
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Schools need training courses for teachers running citizenship lessons, a report says.
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England's school exam system costs more than Â£610m a year and could be streamlined, a report finds.
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Families should do more to ensure children behave well and work hard at school, a survey of teachers says.
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Exam boards in England insist science GCSEs are not getting easier.
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The company that provides standardized tests to Virginia's schoolchildren will add staff and upgrade technology to help prevent technical glitches such as those that recently forced thousands of students to retake online exams, officials said yesterday.
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Prospective U.S. citizens must answer more probing questions about concepts such as democracy and the rights of citizens as examiners began using a new test in eight cities on Thursday, the government said.
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The state education agency is launching an effort to catch cheating on standardized tests, officials announced Monday.
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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton criticized the No Child Left Behind education program Saturday, saying its emphasis on testing puts American students in danger of losing their creative edge.
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Children are arriving for their first day at school less able to read, write, add up or play than a year ago, a series of national tests has shown.
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OXON HILL, Md. - School officials in a Washington, D.C., suburb have a lot of questions about a phony test given to some high school students...
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Vulnerable children subjected to 'inappropriate and invasive' tests, hearing told.
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Â· Sats make English pupils most tested in the world  Â· Parents sceptical of league tables, GTC study finds