Tests and exams often inform too late what should have been known earlier. Stealth assessment and adaptive training may provide exciting opportunities.

For 50-plus years, students in grades 4, 8, and 12 have taken national standardized tests that assess reading and math ...

The natural and the social world shaped the evolution of each. Knowing whom to invite to dinner is as important as knowing how to cook.

Governments that value effective policymaking should be alert to the perils of falling survey-response rates, inadequate ...

ABC Council is to adopt an ‘if you want a job done do it yourself’ approach to counting Christmas visitors in future amid ...

How they use their time looks different for older and younger adults. And across age groups, it differs by gender. Using data from the American Time Use Survey – conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau – ...

A cornerstone of all successful inflation-targeting regimes is a strong commitment to price stability as the primary objective of monetary policy, operationalized through a clearly defined inflation ...

Which countries suffer from high levels of inequality? Has global inequality declined over the past three decades, or remained persistently high? Surprisingly, the answers depend on where you look.

Many people have felt the subtle pressure to be “man enough” or “woman enough” in the eyes of others. And research has shown this pressure can have personal and social consequences. When men feel ...

Every organization wants to be AI-ready, but readiness is proving harder to measure than ambition. Across industries, budgets for automation and analytics continue to rise, yet the skills to convert ...

The family of a sixth-form pupil who died from meningitis in Kent say they are "beyond devasted". Health officials have ...

An estimated 4.9 million children died before their fifth birthday in 2024, including 2.3 million newborns, according to new United Nations estimates released on Tuesday – highlighting a worrying ...