DEADLY CRASH ON THE TURNPIKE IN FORT PIERCE. THERE’S BEEN A LOT OF SPECULATION OVER HOW MUCH ENGLISH THE SUSPECT UNDERSTANDS, AS STATE AND FEDERAL OFFICIALS QUESTION HIS LEGAL STATUS IN THE U.S., ...

Students will be tested through a combination of different types of objective questions in the first Central Board of Secondary Education proficiency test next year aimed at helping students gauge ...

It doesn’t sound particularly sexy, but the growth-versus-proficiency debate is one of the most consequential to have shaped education policy in recent years. The “proficiency” approach amounts to ...

States are raising their expectations for student “proficiency” on tests of math and English/language arts, and making their tests tougher to pass. That’s the conclusion of two new studies released ...

When you bring a measurement instrument to a calibration lab, you assume that your instrument will come back within expected tolerances. But, how do you know? That's where laboratory proficiency tests ...