BALTIMORE, MD, February 13, 2025 – As the national conversation around standardized testing intensifies, new research published in the INFORMS journal Management Science raises critical questions about the effectiveness of midyear “interim” assessments in K-12 education. The study highlights significant limitations, particularly in low-performing schools, and suggests that these tests may inadvertently hinder efforts to improve student outcomes.

A new study by the Cluster of Excellence "The Politics of Inequality" at the University of Konstanz examines the impact of right-wing populist election results on the well-being and integration of trainees with an immigrant background. The results show that regional support for the German far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD) plays a decisive role in experiences of discrimination and related health consequences for migrant workers.

Conversations about parental duties continue to be led by mothers, even if both parents earn the same amount of money, finds a new study by a UCL researcher.

Researchers at the HSE Centre for Language and Brain and Psychiatric Hospital No. 1 Named after N.A. Alexeev have developed a Russian-language adaptation of the Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test. This classic neuropsychological test evaluates various aspects of auditory verbal memory in adults and is widely used in both clinical diagnostics and research. The study findings have been published in The Clinical Neuropsychologist.