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Asking questions, testing improves student learning of new material

AMES, Iowa – Jason Chan makes a point to periodically interrupt his lecture and ask students a question about the material they’ve covered. The associate professor of psychology at Iowa State ...

Classic Learning Test’s Growing Indiana Footprint Tests Influence of ACT, SAT

Why the Classic Learning Test, which embraces Aristotle but spurns calculators, has caught Indiana’s eye A test that relies ...
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What to know about the Classical Learning Test, the conservative alternative to the ACT

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana Illuminator) - Louisiana students can now qualify for the TOPS scholarship by taking a conservative alternative to ACT and the SAT exams, but it is not currently accepted ...
Campus Technology

Macmillan Learning Beta Launches AI Question Creator on iClicker to First 5,000 Instructors for Testing

Macmillan Learning has launched a beta version of its AI Question Creator to run on the iClicker platform. The generative AI-driven application creates unique questions that can be used for quizzes, ...
The Daily Signal

COVID-19 Shut Down the SAT and ACT, but Not the Classic Learning Test

Jude Schwalbach is a research associate and project coordinator in education policy at The Heritage Foundation. COVID-19 has disrupted student life across the nation, closing schools and leading to ...
Education Week

Why Personalized Learning Works in Some Schools, But Not in Others. What Test Scores Say

Personalizing learning to students individual academic strengths and weaknesses and personal interests was hard to do during the pandemic, especially in remote or hybrid learning environments. Social ...
Austin American-Statesman

Could a new standardized test 'rooted in tradition' come to Texas schools?

Texas schools may soon use a new standardized test “rooted in tradition” and ethics to measure student performance. The Texas State Board of Education voted 9-4 last week to add the ...