Waking up the next morning was going to be hard. It was 10 p.m. and he had to get up in only seven hours. Ivan Dam (11) had just flown from Kaohsiung, Taiwan to Memphis, Tennessee — just in time for...

Every year, millions of students across the country participate in standardized testing. Whether the variance is in socioeconomic class, ethnicity, or nationality, these eager test-takers compose a...