The nation’s second-largest school district has experienced several setbacks in the rollout of its effort to provide all students with iPads.
Executives from Cisco Systems, ExxonMobil, and Intel urged their peers in the business community to rally in defense of the common-core standards.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Business Roundtable, both of which support the common core, are staging events to discuss education issues this week.
The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers has issued an RFP to develop a test-delivery platform and data warehouse, work valued at a minimum of $16.5 million.
Developers of online algebra courses need to identify smarter strategies for maximizing student performance, a new report says.
The ACT is hiring away a top researcher from its rival, the College Board, which sponsors the SAT, in just the latest move by staff to and from the assessment organizations.
A new program by McGraw-Hill uses software that attempts to personalize study plans for adult learners preparing for the GED and other high school equivalency tests.
Indiana officials say they will seek no less than $613,000 in damages from test administrator CTB/McGraw-Hill because of problems with the state’s assessment earlier this year.
As states implement common core standards, new markets are opening for education materials, according to panelists at a software and industry association gathering.
Arizona officials are considering an unusual program to tie a portion of schools’ state funding to their performance on the state’s A-F grading system.