<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Testing</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/education/specials/learning/testing?nav=rss_education/specials/learning/testing</link><description>Testing</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[The Next SAT Test: Decoding the Score]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51225-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_education/specials/learning/testing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51225-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_education/specials/learning/testing</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:08:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[This week, as students across the nation begin retrieving their scores off the College Board Web site, cries of, "What did I get?" are being replaced by, "What does it mean?"]]></description><author> Lori Aratani</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Last Step in Prep for New SAT]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30208-2005Mar12.html?nav=rss_education/specials/learning/testing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30208-2005Mar12.html?nav=rss_education/specials/learning/testing</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:08:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[On the big day, students employ pre-test rituals: donning a lucky shirt, lucky socks or even eating cornflakes from their lucky bowls with their lucky spoons.]]></description><author> Lori Aratani</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[New SAT Debuts]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28464-2005Mar11.html?nav=rss_education/specials/learning/testing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28464-2005Mar11.html?nav=rss_education/specials/learning/testing</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:08:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[While revised exam is supposed to better reflect what students are learning in high school, the first crop of students to take the test on Saturday say they are wary of what to expect.]]></description><author> Ylan Q. Mui and Valerie Strauss</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[SAT's English Emphasis Worries Students]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25240-2005Mar10.html?nav=rss_education/specials/learning/testing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25240-2005Mar10.html?nav=rss_education/specials/learning/testing</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:08:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Foreign-born students fear trouble with the revised exam, which requires them to write an essay in their adoptive tongue in 25 minutes.]]></description><author> Daniel de Vise</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[AP Test Is Still Changing]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35616-2005Jan25.html?nav=rss_education/specials/learning/testing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35616-2005Jan25.html?nav=rss_education/specials/learning/testing</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:08:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The College Board says adjustments to the Advanced Placement exams will change the way high school and college courses are taught.]]></description><author> Jay Mathews</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Va. Schools Gain Again On State's Accrediting]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7590-2004Oct28.html?nav=rss_education/specials/learning/testing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7590-2004Oct28.html?nav=rss_education/specials/learning/testing</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:08:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[More than eight of 10 Virginia schools met state accreditation standards this year, continuing an improving trend since state Standards of Learning tests were implemented in 1998.]]></description><author> Christina A. Samuels</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Average SAT Scores Rise in Montgomery]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48864-2004Aug31.html?nav=rss_education/specials/learning/testing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48864-2004Aug31.html?nav=rss_education/specials/learning/testing</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:08:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Montgomery joined Fairfax among the few large U.S. school systems to average more than 1100 on the test.]]></description><author> Jay Mathews</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[SOLs Keep Few From Graduating In N.Va.]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35401-2004Aug2.html?nav=rss_education/specials/learning/testing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35401-2004Aug2.html?nav=rss_education/specials/learning/testing</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:08:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Fewer than 100 Northern Virginia seniors failed to graduate with their classmates in June solely because of their performance on state standardized tests.]]></description><author> Rosalind S. Helderman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[What the Machine Reads]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30854-2004Jul31.html?nav=rss_education/specials/learning/testing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30854-2004Jul31.html?nav=rss_education/specials/learning/testing</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:08:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Essay-grading computers are quietly making significant gains in the booming U.S. testing industry.]]></description><author> Jay Mathews</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Study: Performance Not Tied to Urban Setting]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9779-2003Dec17.html?nav=rss_education/specials/learning/testing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9779-2003Dec17.html?nav=rss_education/specials/learning/testing</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:08:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[For years, big urban school districts have been considered educational disaster areas with underperforming students. But a new federal study suggests this picture is a caricature.]]></description><author> Michael Dobbs</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Md. Orders Exit Exams For High Schoolers]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33345-2003Dec3.html?nav=rss_education/specials/learning/testing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33345-2003Dec3.html?nav=rss_education/specials/learning/testing</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:08:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The state will require students to pass standardized tests before they can receive high school diplomas, starting with the Class of 2009.]]></description><author> Ylan Q. Mui</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Putting Students to a Big Test]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32087-2003Oct15.html?nav=rss_education/specials/learning/testing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32087-2003Oct15.html?nav=rss_education/specials/learning/testing</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:08:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[New Prince George's County schools chief Andri J. Hornsby will require students in the eighth and ninth grades to take the PSAT, a national test designed for eleventh-graders preparing for the SAT college-entrance exam.]]></description><author> Nancy Trejos</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Students' Proficiency in Writing Improves]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40453-2003Jul10.html?nav=rss_education/specials/learning/testing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40453-2003Jul10.html?nav=rss_education/specials/learning/testing</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:08:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The writing skills of American fourth- and eighth-graders have improved since 1998, but the quality of the average high school senior's work has remained about the same, a federal report released yesterday concludes.]]></description><author> Jay Mathews</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prince William Virtual High School to Expand]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26181-2003Jun6.html?nav=rss_education/specials/learning/testing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26181-2003Jun6.html?nav=rss_education/specials/learning/testing</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:08:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In 2001, Prince William County schools launched a program called Virtual High School, designed to bring some classes to teenagers who learn better in front of a computer screen than a chalkboard.]]></description><author> Christina A. Samuels</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Testing the Limits of Late-Night Cramming]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41592-2003May26.html?nav=rss_education/specials/learning/testing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41592-2003May26.html?nav=rss_education/specials/learning/testing</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:08:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[As millions of high school and college students complete their final exams this week, the  research on cramming indicates that people who try to stuff their brains at the last minute are not as irrational as their parents might think.]]></description><author> Jay Mathews</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Warner Announces SOL Remediation Program]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8011-2003Jun3.html?nav=rss_education/specials/learning/testing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8011-2003Jun3.html?nav=rss_education/specials/learning/testing</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:08:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Gov. Mark R. Warner unveiled an aggressive remediation program today to help thousands of high school students who are at risk of failing the Standards of Learning tests in 2004, the first year that pupils must pass SOLs to graduate.]]></description><author> R.H. Melton</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teacher Corrects Error in Standard Test]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51947-2003May13.html?nav=rss_education/specials/learning/testing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51947-2003May13.html?nav=rss_education/specials/learning/testing</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:08:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[According to testing officials the PSAT generates inquiries about test answers, but this is the first time in two decades that a challenge has succeeded.]]></description><author> Linda Perlstein</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pencil Meets Paper In Launch of Md. Test]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24154-2003Mar1.html?nav=rss_education/specials/learning/testing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24154-2003Mar1.html?nav=rss_education/specials/learning/testing</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:08:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Maryland opens a new chapter in its high-stakes testing program when more than 262,000 students will pick up pencils and open test booklets to take the Maryland School Assessment.]]></description><author> Theola Labb&#233;</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scores Reported Up With SOL Test]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8175-2003Feb26.html?nav=rss_education/specials/learning/testing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8175-2003Feb26.html?nav=rss_education/specials/learning/testing</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:08:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A study commissioned by Virginia's Board of Education found that students have scored better on several national achievement tests, since the state Standards of Learning exams were adopted in 1998.]]></description><author> Rosalind S. Helderman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two-Thirds of Schools Meet Va. Standards]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25465-2002Nov7.html?nav=rss_education/specials/learning/testing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25465-2002Nov7.html?nav=rss_education/specials/learning/testing</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:08:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Almost two-thirds of Virginia's public schools met state standards for full accreditation this year, according to Standards of Learning exam results. That is an increase from 41 percent in 2001 and 23 percent in 2000.]]></description><author> Rosalind S. Helderman and Dan Keating</author></item></channel></rss>