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Tag Archives: Tests and Examinations
The $2 Billion Question of Who You Are at Work
Employers are finding personality tests — measuring how employees think and feel — more useful than ever while navigating hybrid work. But the tests are not always up-to-date.
Do Law Schools Need the LSAT? Here’s How to Understand the Debate.
One part of the American Bar Association is trying to drop the test requirement for law schools, while another has voted to retain it — and both sides say diversity is the reason.
What We’ve Learned From Presidential Physicals of Biden, Trump and Obama
President Biden will undergo a routine checkup on Thursday. Here’s what exams of Mr. Biden and past presidents have turned up.
The College Board Strips Down Its A.P. Curriculum for African American Studies
After criticism from Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida, the official course looks different: No more critical race theory, and the study of contemporary topics — like Black Lives Matter — is optional.
Selling False Hope in India’s Cram City
In Kota, students from across the country pay steep fees to be tutored for elite-college admissions exams — which most of them will fail.
Don’t Ban ChatGPT in Schools. Teach With It.
OpenAI’s new chat bot is raising fears of cheating on homework, but its potential as an educational tool outweighs its risks.
China to Drop Covid Quarantine for Incoming Travelers
From Jan. 8, visitors will be required to show only a negative P.C.R. test taken within 48 hours. The restrictions had cut the country off from the rest of the world for nearly three years.
Applying to College, and Trying to Appear ‘Less Asian’
The affirmative action lawsuit against Harvard seemed to confirm advice given for years to Asian Americans: Don’t play chess, don’t check the box declaring race.
Georgetown and Columbia Law Schools Withdraw From U.S. News Rankings
Three schools joined Yale and Harvard’s rebellion against U.S. News. And the bar association will no longer require schools to mandate the LSAT or GRE. But rankings still matter.
Yale Law School Withdraws From the U.S. News Rankings
The school has consistently ranked No. 1 for the last 30 years, but its dean said the ratings had a “misguided” focus on grades and test scores.
Texas High Schoolers Must Retake SATs After Tests Fly Off UPS Truck
Seniors who sat for the SATs last month at El Paso High School will have to retake the test after many of the sheets with their answers were scattered on the street.
Math Scores Fell in Nearly Every State, and Reading Dipped on National Exam
The results, from what is known as the nation’s report card, offer the most definitive picture yet of the pandemic’s devastating impact on students.
Overlooked No More: Katharine Briggs and Isabel Myers, Creators of a Personality Test
Mother and daughter, they developed the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, which has helped millions of people discover if they are introverts or extroverts or thinkers or feelers.
A Language Test That Stigmatizes Black Children
Black English is not slang. It is a dialect with clear rules and structure.
An Abortion Ban With Unexpected Consequences for Older Mothers
Older women are more likely to carry fetuses with genetic disorders that often can’t be detected until 15 weeks of pregnancy, beyond the limit set in a Senate proposal.
At NYU, Students Were Failing Organic Chemistry. Whose Fault Was It?
Maitland Jones Jr., a respected professor, defended his standards. But students started a petition, and the university dismissed him.
NYC Tests Show Children Gained in Reading, but Lost Ground in Math
The first standardized test results that capture how most city schoolchildren did during the pandemic offered a mixed picture.
What School Anxiety Dreams Teach Us About Ourselves
Why we keep having school anxiety dreams, and what they may mean
Can America’s Schoolchildren Recover From the Pandemic?
Students are struggling, and not just on standardized tests.
The Pandemic Erased Two Decades of Progress in Math and Reading
The results of a national test showed just how devastating the last two years have been for 9-year-old schoolchildren, especially the most vulnerable.
Lower Black and Latino Pass Rates Don’t Make a Test Racist
One sociolinguistic study helps show why the issue is more complicated.
F.D.A. Clears Path for Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids
The agency issued a final rule that took years to complete and opens the door to cheaper, more accessible devices without a prescription or medical exam.
One Elite High School’s Struggle Over Admissions
A fierce debate about the criteria for enrolling students at Lowell, in California, has echoes of the soul-searching happening across the U.S. education system.
This Company Knows How to Increase Students’ Test Scores
NewGlobe Schools uses some of the world’s most successful educational techniques.
China Tries to Keep Covid Out of Its Grueling College-Entrance Exams
Some students have to travel from locked-down areas to testing sites in special vehicles, while others might be isolated for the exam.
A Prominent Manhattan Doctor Is Accused of Sexual Assault
Dr. Kevin M. Cahill performed abusive and unnecessary examinations, a former patient claims in a lawsuit, and pursued her romantically for years. His lawyer says the exams were appropriate.
How to Report Your Home Covid Test Result
In many places, there is no system for sharing home test results with health officials, but the information may still be beneficial for public health.
Accused of Cheating by an Algorithm, and a Professor She Had Never Met
An unsettling glimpse at the digitization of education.
Imaging Contrast Dye Shortage Delays Tests for Diseases
Many U.S. hospitals are postponing scans used to diagnose diseases after a Covid lockdown in China hobbled the main U.S. supplier of an imaging chemical.
My College Students Are Not OK
Late assignments, failed tests, sleeping in class: Welcome to the pandemic-era university.
Supreme Court Allows Elite High School’s New Admissions Rules
A group including parents of Asian American students challenged the new criteria at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Virginia.
New York City to Expand Gifted and Talented Program but Scrap Test
The mayor unveiled a plan to add seats in the highly selective program for both kindergartners and third graders and to permanently replace an admissions test with universal screening.
Hoping to Identify Cheaters, a Professor Sues His Own Students
David Berkovitz, who teaches business law at Chapman University in Orange, Calif., sued an unnamed group of his students — identified only as “Does” — after he discovered that his midterm and final exams had been uploaded to a popular website.
Making the SAT and ACT Optional Is the Soft Bigotry of Low Expectations
Intended or not, it sends a message that some students of color are less capable.
How It Feels to Be an Asian Student in an Elite Public School
Stuyvesant, Brooklyn Tech and other schools across the country are under pressure to end entrance exams. Students have complicated feelings about that.
The SAT Will Go Completely Digital by 2024
The SAT will go completely digital by 2024 amid questions about whether college admissions tests are fair, or even necessary.
Harvard Won’t Require SAT or ACT Scores for Admission for Several Years
The university joins many others that have eliminated the ACT and SAT requirements, adding fuel to the movement to get rid of standardized test scores.
Harvard Extends Test-Optional Admissions Policy for Four Years
The university joins many others that have eliminated the ACT and SAT requirements, adding fuel to the movement to get rid of standardized test scores.
5 Takeaways From the First N.Y.C. Mayoral Debate
Eric Adams and Curtis Sliwa traded attacks over past lies, a Brooklyn apartment and “buffoonery” on the debate stage.
Adams Commits to Keeping Gifted and Talented, But Leaves Details Unclear
Eric Adams, the likely next mayor of New York City, rebuked Mayor Bill de Blasio’s plan for gifted education. It’s not clear what exactly Mr. Adams will do.
How The Coronavirus Pandemic Made The CFA Test Tougher
This summer, a record low number of C.F.A. test takers passed the first level of the notoriously difficult exams, reviving an old debate about the merits of the qualification.
The Pandemic Made the Finance Industry’s Toughest Test Tougher
This summer, a record low number of C.F.A. test takers passed the first level of the notoriously difficult exams, reviving an old debate about the merits of the qualification.
What Should We Do About Systemic Racism?
Understand it better, for starters.
18 Midshipmen Are Expelled or Resign From Naval Academy Amid Cheating Inquiry
When the academy administered a physics test last year, it had to be flexible because of Covid-19 restrictions. It later learned that dozens of midshipmen had used outside resources during the exam.
We Are Leaving ‘Lost Einsteins’ Behind
Hundreds of thousands of highly capable people are being dropped by the wayside.
Boston Overhauls Admissions to Exclusive Exam Schools
A new policy will increase representation of Black and Latino students in the prestigious public schools, which serve as a gateway to elite colleges.
Dartmouth Medical School Drops Cheating Case Against Students
The Ivy League school said it was dismissing allegations that students had looked up online course materials during remote exams.
A Young Mother Found Herself Cripplingly Weak. Did Her Operation Cause This?
Three months after having bariatric surgery, she was vomiting several times a day and couldn’t even move her eyes.
The Persistent Grip of Social Class on College Admissions
The SAT is falling out of favor, but factors like the essay have their own issues.