(Update: New information on number of students who will be retested, other details) For two days this week, tens of thousands of Virginia students taking year-end Standards of Learning exams have ...

When a state commission meets for the first time on Tuesday to open a probe on the use of standardized testing in Maryland public schools, the elephant in the room could well be the testing vendor ...

International testing contractor Pearson will compensate the Minnesota Department of Education with nearly $6 million in fee reductions and services following glitches that led to statewide testing ...

Although the New York State Education Department touted its decision to terminate a contract with Pearson Education to prepare Common Core assessment tests, this year’s tests continue to rely on ...

Compiled by Bob Schaeffer, Public Education Director, FairTest: National Center for Fair & Open Testing Editor’s Note: This timeline shows a range of testing problems for Pearson from the late 90s to ...

Pearson, the testing contractor for Minnesota, has reached a settlement with the state worth more than $5 million after students and educators faced a plague of testing issues this past spring. State ...

BATH BEACH TO GRAVESEND — ASSEMBLYMEMBER WILLIAM COLTON (D-47) on Friday, Dec. 13, expressed concern over a delayed vote by the city’s Panel for Educational Policy on a new contract for the city’s ...

Back in February I wrote about the strange phenomenon whereby Pearson Education, the education publishing company, has managed to take over standardized testing around the world, despite never really ...

All Pearson VUE candidates should prepare in advance by reviewing their registration confirmation. It is your responsibility to know what materials — such as identification — you will need to bring ...

Ten students are graduating from high school in Mississippi by the skin of their teeth: a scoring mistake gave them one crucial extra point on a history test. That bit of news was the latest shoe to ...