New Atlas

Measuring pupil dilation offers promising early-stage Alzheimer’s diagnostic test

Scientists from the University of California San Diego School of Medicine are suggesting Alzheimer’s disease may be detected years before symptoms appear by examining pupil dilation. The new study ...
Education Week

N.Y.C. Schools Collecting Pupil Test Data on Teachers

New York City is collecting data to measure the performance of 2,500 teachers based on how well their students perform on tests, but the experiment is under fire from the local teachers’ union. Under ...
GEN

Eye Pupil Dilation Might Serve as Screening Test for Alzheimer’s

Researchers at the University of California (UC) San Diego School of Medicine say that with further developments measuring how quickly a person’s pupil dilates while they are taking cognitive tests ...
Netmums

Mandatory reading test for 13-year-olds confirmed – to tackle 'failing literacy standards'

The UK government will introduce a mandatory reading test for Year 8 students to address declining literacy rates.

Will England’s new reading test for secondary pupils be useful?

All secondary-age school pupils in year eight (aged 12 and 13) in England will be required by the government to take a ...