Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The bill would end the Praxis core test requirement just months after a new law created a pathway letting teachers eschew the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In a bid to address the ongoing teacher shortage crisis, the New Jersey Education Association is actively campaigning for the ...

WASHINGTON (TNND) — A law that eliminated the basic skills test for teachers to be certified went into effect on Jan. 1 in New Jersey. Director of Outreach at Parents Defending Education Erika Sanzi ...

SALEM, Ore. -- A new Oregon law that suspends a requirement for a basic-skills test in math, reading and writing to graduate from high school is being praised by advocates as a way to rethink ...

A New Jersey teachers union wants to change the state's standards for entering the profession. The Garden State currently requires that candidates for teacher certification pass a basic skills test ...

A new suite of tests designed to help employers check candidatesí true level of competence in skills key to the role has been launched by Qwiz. The Qwiz Primary Skills Test assesses the crucial skills ...

Emma Lambert easily passed the writing portion of the basic skills test required of Pennsylvania teaching candidates. The math section took a few more attempts. As for reading? She failed 12 times ...

In regards to the diatribe against standardized elementary school testing written by Justin MacDonald and published in the weekend Daily News (Aug. 8, "Why schools are broken (hint: it's not the ...

MINNEAPOLIS -- A statewide office that oversees K-12 education in Minnesota wants new basic-skills tests given to eighth-graders that are more in line with federal testing requirements. The University ...

Schools all over the state will soon be using new basic skills assessments, under changes made by the Minnesota Department of Education. The Minnesota Basic Skills Test will slowly be phased out of ...

It's not money, it's not unfunded mandates, it's not tenure, it's not public vs. private and it's not class size. There are two major challenges that Minnesota's K-12 education system must deal with ...