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 ...

For the past five years, Minnesota high schools have required students to pass basic-skills tests before they may graduate. Besides students, teachers have also been affected. Our growing faith in ...

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, ...

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 ...

Aspiring educators in New Jersey are no longer required to pass a basic skills test for reading, writing and math due to a new law intended to address the state's teacher shortage by lowering the ...

A New Jersey law that went into effect Jan. 1 to address an ongoing teacher shortage by eliminating certain testing required of aspiring teachers has created a social media frenzy of confusion amid ...

Teachers in New Jersey will no longer be required to pass a basic reading, writing and mathematics test to be eligible for public schools, according to a new law. Act 1669, which was signed into law ...

Prospective Michigan teachers won't have to take the SAT anymore to be certified in Michigan, a move that might help attract more teachers to the profession and help districts struggling with ...

No one wants Nebraska’s schools to hire incompetent teachers. With that in mind, the state has well-established rules for teacher certification. Among other things, would-be teachers have long been ...

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 ...