Education standards

Education standards

• Republicans: Give governors more school say

  Education Secretary Arne Duncan and his successors would be relegated to cheerleaders for the nation's schools, and governors would be put in charge ... 

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  Senate introduces No Child Left Behind successor

  The one-sized-fits-all national requirements of No Child Left Behind would give way to standards that states write for themselves under legislation ... 

• ACT to start giving tests digitally

  Goodbye, No. 2 pencils. Hello, iPads. Starting as early as spring 2015, the ACT college admissions exam will go digital, reflecting students' tech ... 

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  Mississippi prepares new push on education

  It's early on a Friday morning, and high school chemistry students in Victoria Dawson's class are working equations at the board. Dawson is peppering ... 

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  Computer glitches derail school tests in 4 states

  School districts across several states are rescheduling high-stakes tests that judge student proficiency and even determine teachers' pay because of ... 

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  Some states dropping GED as test price spikes

  Several dozen states are looking for an alternative to the GED high school equivalency test because of concerns that a new version coming out next ... 

• Judge again orders stop to Mo. college drug tests

  A federal judge on Friday again blocked efforts by a central Missouri technical college to drug-test its students, a policy challenged as ... 

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  Steroids loom in major-college football

  With steroids easy to buy, testing weak and punishments inconsistent, college football players are packing on significant weight — 30 pounds or more ...