Aligned to the Common Core State Standards, the forthcoming tests from two nonprofit state assessment consortia—the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium and the Partnership for Assessment of ...

Eight standards rolled out in 2006 by the Auditing Standards Board are sparking a cultural shift for auditors. The standards—Statement on Auditing Standards nos. 104–111—are designed to enhance ...

The ASIS SRA Standard offers an up-to-date and forward-looking comprehensive and systematic approach to identifying, analyzing, and evaluating security risks. Alexandria, VA (16 April 2024)—ASIS ...

It was an interesting meeting over at the American Federation of Teachers today. The union’s committee on implementation of the common-core standards solicited input from the common-core writers and ...

Computer-based testing gives 9-year-old Sailor Hulbert a headache. This year, she has to sit in front of a screen and click through questions three times instead of bubbling in a test booklet once.

The American Society for Testing and Materials ("ASTM") standard for Environmental Assessments was revised in 2013 for the first time since 2005. The Department of Housing and Urban Development has ...

First established back in 1993, Phase I Environmental Site Assessments have become a ubiquitous component of environmental due diligence supporting most commercial and industrial real estate ...

The AICPA Auditing Standards Board sharpened the audit profession’s focus on risk-based auditing Tuesday with the release of a new standard on audit risk assessment. Statement on Auditing Standards ...

The Common Core State Standards Initiative is a state-led effort to apply nationalized academic standards across the United States, eschewing the disparate standards of the past. Forty-five states ...

California has invested heavily in standards and assessments. In poker terms, it has gone “all in” with the Common Core of State standards, this at a time when politicians in many states are running ...