In a decision with potentially huge implications, a New Mexico judge has rejected the AIR’s protest of a PARCC contract awarded to Pearson.
Nevada, a state frustrated by online testing woes earlier this year, is tentatively set to hire a new vendor to oversee a suite of state assessments.
Questar Assessment Inc., a Minnesota-based company, has won a $44 million contract to handle grade 3-8 testing in New York state.
In what it calls the first part of its “new national strategy,” the NewSchools Venture Fund is looking to support start-up charter and traditional public schools.
McGraw-Hill Education CTB is selling off major portions of its testing business to Data Recognition Corporation, including its state assessment work.
In the years to come, K-12 districts will increasingly demand ed-tech products that can help build student creativity and independent thinking, the Horizon Report predicts.
The high court ruled 6-3 in favor of an Affordable Care Act policy providing health-care subsidies across states.
GreatSchools, known for producing profiles of schools, has announced a partnership with the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence.
Many districts are experimenting with “open” resources — free materials that typically can be shared, modified, and repurposed by teachers and others.
A group of teachers in California’s virtual schools says a major, commercial online provider is not meeting standards for quality.