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What the research says about learning and testing, what official standards ask of teachers, and how we build The Learning Library around both.
Featured · How we buildA map of what to learn nextFinishing a textbook raises an obvious question: what now? Getting stuck in one raises a harder one: is this the wrong book, or am I missing something it assumes?The Learning Library team · 8 Oct 2026 · 6 min read
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StandardsStudent data: private, protected, and never used to train AISchools are right to be careful. In a 2025 national survey, 69% of parents said they worry about the privacy and security of the student data their child's school collects, and 23% of teachers reported a large-scale data breach at their school ([CDT, "Hand in Hand", 2025](https://cdt.org/insights/hand-in-hand-schools-embrace-of-ai-connected-to-increased-risks-to-students/)).9 Oct 2026 · 7 min read
StandardsWhat 17 education systems agree on about testsWe read the official assessment policies of 17 national and provincial systems: the US, Canada (Ontario and British Columbia), England, Scotland, Finland, Germany, France, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Japan, South Korea, China, India, South Africa and Kenya.2 Oct 2026 · 8 min read
Further reading
Free, practical guides from researchers and education agencies.
- Which study strategies make the grade?Association for Psychological Science
- Organizing Instruction and Study to Improve Student LearningUS Institute of Education Sciences practice guide
- Metacognition and self-regulationEducation Endowment Foundation toolkit
- Six strategies for effective learningThe Learning Scientists
- Retrieval practice strategiesRetrieval Practice, Pooja Agarwal
- The myth of the fast learnerCarnegie Mellon University
- Mastery learningEducation Endowment Foundation toolkit