Why have kids take tests if results aren’t linked to action? ask critics. For almost three weeks now, Grades 4 and 7 students across B.C. have been completing the annual Foundational Skills ...

B.C.’s school boards and teachers’ union are at odds over the province’s Foundation Skills Assessment (FSA) — and whether students should take the standardized test at all. School boards across the ...

Literacy expert Victor Froese says the Foundation Skills Assessment (FSA) can provide valuable clues about why kids who can’t read aren’t getting the help they need — information that could be ...

The B.C. Labour Relations Board ruled Sunday that teachers must continue to administer controversial standardized tests, known as Foundation Skills Assessment tests, as part of their jobs. The B.C.

The PSA test for prostate cancer is surprisingly controversial. Many experts, in fact, now recommend against the test for most men, saying that the cancers it detects are often relatively harmless ...

KELOWNA – B.C. is one of the few provinces in Canada that doesn’t cover routine PSA screenings under the medical services plan. The cost for the test, which is used to screen men for prostate cancer, ...

Former U.S. president Joe Biden was diagnosed with prostate cancer after he left office. (Credit: Nam Y. Huh) I’ve been thinking about writing this column for about five years, but haven’t done so ...

What is the PSA test and why is it in the news? Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing is a very simple blood test that we use to monitor and screen for prostate cancer. The PSA test is highly ...

Or should men even be screened for this test? During the last 10 years there’s been considerable flip-lopping about it. Now a large study from the United Kingdom, reported in The Journal of the ...