In an essay by Hilary Phan, published by UCLA Center for Mental Health in Schools, she estimated that between 40% and 60% of high school students are negatively affected by test anxiety. Test anxiety ...
Following a public outcry from parents and teachers, the Los Angeles Unified School District has decided to make timed reading tests optional for most transitional kindergarten students. Find expert ...
Re “Timed Tests Are Biased Against Your Kids” (Opinion guest essay, Sept. 22): As a retired high school teacher who taught both general English and International Baccalaureate literature, I had a knee ...
One of the most hotly contested teaching practices concerns a single minute of math class. This story also appeared in Mind/Shift Should teachers pull out their stopwatches and administer one-page ...
Dr. Grant, a contributing Opinion writer, is an organizational psychologist at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School. He is the author of “Hidden Potential” and “Think Again,” and the host ...
George Johnson is not looking forward to this week's Virginia Standards of Learning test in biology. But the ninth-grader says he takes comfort in knowing that his school, Wakefield High in Arlington ...
One of the most hotly contested teaching practices concerns a single minute of math class. Should teachers pull out their stopwatches and administer one-page worksheets in addition, subtraction, ...