Planetizen

AI promises to finally make public engagement meaningful. We put it to the test.

Everything you need to know about how we analyzed the 13,000+ comments submitted in the federal government’s request for ...

Malicious PyPI packages give hackers control of Telegram bot servers

A campaign active since last November has been targeting Python developers building Telegram bots with trojanized Pyrogram ...

How teachers can help students use AI to upgrade their skills

With students today using AI for their learning, teachers can actually teach how to use technology as a collaborative tutor to practise skills, explain complex algorithms, and provide instant feedback ...
Psychology Today

A Study of 26,000 Students Shows the AI Learning Trap

A study of 26,000 students found AI boosted homework scores while eroding exam performance. The AI trap responsible may be at ...
Smithsonian Magazine

100 Years Ago, Students Across the U.S. Took the First SAT. Today, Relatively Few Colleges Require the Test. Where Is It Headed?

The standardized exam has evolved over the past century, all in the name of testing for college readiness. Now, it has become ...
NJIT News

This Master's Graduate Came to the US with an AI Idea for Finance That Would Not Lie. NJIT Helped Make Happen.

Two significant milestones happened for Yash Kamlesh Shah on May 20: he officially graduated with his M.S. in Data Science from the Ying Wu College of Computing; and his startup, Avarieux, was ...
The New York Times

Younger Students’ Test Scores Bounce Back After the Pandemic

A national test found surprising progress among 9-year-olds, who are fully caught up in reading. But 13-year-olds have shown no improvement. By Sarah Mervosh After years of dire test scores coming out ...
Wall Street Journal

Requiring the SAT Test Boosts Student Success

I well understand the frustration of the University of California’s math and science professors who are urging that college-entrance exams be reinstated as an admission requirement (“California ...
Houston Chronicle

How to see STAAR test results for your student. Here's what to know.

The Texas Education Agency will release results for State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness end-of-course exams Wednesday, offering a glimpse into how the state's high school students ...
The Chronicle of Higher Education

My Students Can’t Read

S ix weeks into the term, I assigned my rhetoric and writing students a 20-page article. It was the same length I had assigned for five years and the same length I had read without complaint as an ...
Time

‘Learning Recession’: Why Student Test Scores Have Seen a Decade-Long Decline Across the U.S.

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Washington Times

U.S. student test scores in a generation-long decline

Student test scores in math and reading have been steadily declining since 2013, well before COVID-19. The pandemic only exacerbated the loss, a new analysis by the Stanford Institute for Economic ...