What makes a good public school—and how would we know it? While these questions may appear simple to answer—given all the publicly available data and the growing number of online school-rating ...

Each year, America spends roughly $2 billion on standardized achievement tests at the national and state levels. Credit: John Locher/Associated Press The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education.

President Trump’s most recent executive order wades into a debate over how elite colleges should weigh grades and test scores versus the obstacles students have overcome. By Stephanie Saul Dana ...