Every assessment is designed to measure a construct. Science achievement, Newtonian mechanics, and understanding inquiry are examples of constructs that might be measured by a science assessment. A ...

The No Child Left Behind Act of 2002 (NCLB, Public Law 110-107) extends the accountability provisions of the 1994 reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (Improving America’s ...

The State Board of Education is moving forward with plans to add the state’s science assessment to the California School Dashboard, making it a new piece of the statewide school accountability system.

A study led by the UOC analyses and compares the assessment initiatives of five European countries, exploring how each addresses aspects such as open access to publications, citizen science and the ...

After Thursday’s release of 2024 data in Kentucky’s K-12 accountability system, the Commissioner of Education and a district superintendent are raising concerns about students’ science test scores.

The federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) currently requires states to measure students’ progress in reading and mathematics. Based on their results, low-performing schools or districts may face ...

Science is a subject built on doing. Students learn chemistry through titrations, biology through dissections, physics ...