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Standardized Testing

higher education Feb. 26, 2024

What Does an SAT Score Mean Anymore?The pandemic — and the mass pivot to a test-optional approach — radically reshuffled college admissions. MIT decided it was done.

By Jeffrey Selingo
testing May 17, 2016

Eighth-Grade Girls Have No Idea They’re Supposed to Be Bad at STEMSo why are there so few women in STEM fields?

By Catie L'Heureux
last week tonight with john oliver May 4, 2015

John Oliver: Standardized Tests Make Little Kids Vomit and Cry, So Maybe StopOliver takes on Big Test.

By Jesse David Fox

standardized testing Mar. 5, 2014

SAT Returning to Classic 1600-Point Format in Second-Ever RedesignNo more essays, but lots of Twitter jokes.

By Adam Martin
anderson school Dec. 21, 2012

Dream Teacher Suspended for Giving Kids All A’sThe kids were probably fine with it.

By Adam Martin
school daze May 24, 2011

New York City’s Answer to Evaluating Teachers: More Standardized Tests for StudentsBecause standardized testing has worked so well in New York City in the past.

By Nitasha Tiku