This is a GradHacker post by Stephanie Hedge, a PhD candidate at Ball State University in Rhetoric and Composition, @slhedge A few months ago, I wrote a GradHacker post on studying for comprehensive ...

When most people think of tests, they think about things they TAKE. Especially this time of year, when students are hunkered down for finals. But I'm a professor. When I think of tests, I think of ...

Sian Beilock, lead author of a new study appearing this month in the journal Science, said writing about test-related worries for 10 minutes immediately before taking an exam is an effective way to ...

Present your thoughts in a structured manner. Begin with a clear introduction, followed by the main body of the answer, and conclude with a concise summary Visual representations such as diagrams, ...

We hear from Missouri that they are cutting out the writing and performance tasks students have been required to do as part of the state’s standardized-test system. Shock of the century: It’s all ...

Oregon students will be allowed to use the computer “spell check” function when taking riting—I mean, WRITING—tests next month, the Oregonian newspaper reports. State officials say the change is an ...