The bill would end the Praxis core test requirement just months after a new law created a pathway letting teachers eschew the basic skills test. (Courtesy of the New Jersey Governor's Office) A bill ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO)-- A new state law passed last year requires anyone who wants to be a new teacher in Minnesota to take what's called a basic skills test. But now, some are questioning whether that ...

The New Jersey Education Association, the state’s largest teachers union, has asked its members to urge Gov. Phil Murphy to sign a bill into law that would eliminate the basic skills tests in reading, ...

Many agree: To improve education, we need excellent teachers in every classroom. One proposal before the Minnesota Legislature won’t help toward that end. It’s a measure to throw out the basic skills ...