Coronavirus UK school warning: School exams could be delayed until September over outbreak
SCHOOL exams could be pushed back as far as September due to the coronavirus outbreak, it has been revealed as the Education Secretary prepares to hold talks with different leaders in the sector today. Daily Express :: News Feed
Connecticut Kids Improve on Smarter Balanced Exams
(Photo: Flickr, Creative Commons) Students in Connecticut who took the state’s Smarter Balanced test in the spring showed improvement over last year’s scores, but less than 50% of the state’s learners are meeting or exceeding the math achievement standards, according to Kathleen Megan of the Hartford Courant: “We are really pleased and excited to announce […]
Syrian Students in Rebel-Held Areas Permitted to Leave for Final Exams
(Photo: Flickr, Creative Commons) As clashes continue throughout Syria, students from war-torn areas near Damascus have been released to take their final examinations. Around 360 students from the rebel-held suburb of Moadamyeh and 68 students from rebel-controlled Madaya in the southwest of Syria traveled to a government area for their year-end exams. According to Nandini […]
Cambridge University Brings Back Entrance Exams
Prospective students seeking admission to Cambridge University in Fall 2017 will have to take entrance exams, the school has confirmed. The decision comes after the government’s A-level reforms, according to which many students will not sit AS-levels. The AS-level results helped universities to decide whether to offer admission or not. The new assessments will provide “valuable additional evidence […]
From ACT/SAT to State Exams, Midwest Mulling Testing Options
The state of Illinois has decided to stop having their 11th-grade students take the ACT college entrance exam, which high-school students take for free. Instead, the state’s schools will be giving the SAT, a test widely given on the East Coast, but just now beginning to take hold in the Midwest, reports Diane Rado, writing […]