The Detroit News reports on this kid that went to college when he was 12 years old.

a bill stating that students in grades k-8 must go through 30 minutes a day or a minimum of 135 minutes a week of P.E..

that state lawmakers are looking at plan that will dump the TAKS exam, but in place of that exam will be 12 end-of-course exams. If this new plan is in place students in Texas will be taking 2 extra exams in order to graduate from high school.

The Hartford Courant reports that portable classrooms in the area that are going to move over to the high school are going to be testing noise rules for the area.

has an article up on colleges boycotting U.S. News & World Report college rankings.

What the report says is that states should use caution when using an exam such as the ACT exam as part of a regular testing program. Achieve analyzed over 2,000 test questions to come to a conclusion for this report.

They says that college admission tests in reading are more rigorous than placement exams. In writing exams both college admission and placement exams are more rigorous than most high school exams and generally reflect what students will write in college. When it comes to math exams the college admission and placement exams do not focus enough on advance algebraic concepts you need for college.

Achieve wants states that use exams such as the ACT or SAT to augment the exam with other questions so they align more with state education requirements.

They want college placement exams to used as diagnostic purpose only which I think is great.

They also want end of course exams to tap higher level content an skills. I loved that idea.

The report does get into details on some exams, especially the math portion, and what is in them.

This report is a great read.