To maintain the quality of laboratory testing, CLIA requires that laboratories performing moderate or high-complexity testing enroll in an approved proficiency testing program for independent ...

Recent controversies over Common Core standards have intensified the debate over high-stakes K-12 academic testing that became a national issue with President Bush’s No Child Left Behind Act. Holding ...

Sponsored by: Diagnostica Stago, Inc. Laboratories are required to participate in proficiency testing (PT). PT is a powerful tool for laboratories to learn about their own testing performance and ...

About 60% of Virginia fourth and eighth who took national standardized tests in 2019 did not reach proficiency standards set by the federal government. Gov. Glenn Youngkin, in using the percentage to ...

Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne's administration plans to lower the criteria to pass a test used to measure the English proficiency of students learning English as a second language.

ITSC’s NCTA 2025 presentation on whether English proficiency scores predict academic readiness, based on a nationwide survey of 50 U.S. decision makers. During the presentation, the researchers ...