China's Communist Party is a merciless meritocracy... if you're in Chinese leadership, you made it there by scoring high on a long series of exams, starting at age twelve — which means you haven't met a stupid person since you were in junior high school. (stmmltd.com)
Jindal is trying to unilaterally scrap the new academic standards and a related series of exams — a move that's put him at odds with business leaders, the state superintendent, members of the board of education and many Republican legislators in Louisiana. (politico.com)
The National Center for Fair & Open Testing (FairTest), the country's leading assessment reform organization, today called on Maryland legislators to prohibit the State Board of Education from requiring students to pass a test or series of exams in order to receive a high school diploma. (fairtest.org)