Education and technology forces have converged this year to vault computer-based testing into the headlines, raising important questions about whether this new mode of assessment is more useful than ...

The law mandates that every state must set standards for what students in each grade should know and be able to do in the subjects of reading, math and science, and that schools measure students' ...

Disclosure: C. Thomas Gualtieri, MD, has disclosed that he has conducted clinical trials on behalf of AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Celltech, Cephalon, Eli Lilly ...

This weekend was the first in which the ACT was computer based at all international testing centers. The ACT in the United States is a mix of computer based, for state and district tests, and paper ...

Actually, hardware availability is a major problem when it comes to computer-based testing. That will continue to be a problem as schools struggle with budget shortages. However, some experts suggest ...

Purpose: Because of concern for drug-induced cognitive dysfunction during clinical trials using substrate reduction therapy (miglustat) in type 1 Gaucher disease and because it has been suggested that ...

The study covered in this summary was published on researchsquare.com as a preprint and has not yet been peer reviewed. The Loewenstein-Acevedo Scales for Semantic Interference and Learning, Brief ...

As the global population ages, the rate of dementia is increasing worldwide. Given that early detection is critical for treatment, effective ways to screen for dementia are a high research priority.

A new study cautions against using the QbTest as a standalone diagnostic or screening tool for ADHD. Researchers from the Universities of Southampton, Nottingham, Cardiff, and King's College London ...

Australian students are increasingly taking tests on computers. This includes major tests used to check national progress on literacy and numeracy. The idea is this prepares students "for the future," ...