For the first time, all public-school teachers in New York State - in subjects ranging from art and physical education to physics and world history - would be evaluated partly on their students' ...

It is a universal cliché by school boards across this country: “What we care about most is the welfare of our students.” Yet that care is frequently not evident when these boards discuss test results.

Evaluation of a student's mastery of the neurological examination is usually carried out via direct observation of the student by a faculty member or neurology resident. A few medical schools evaluate ...