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 ...

New Jersey will no longer require candidates to take basic skills tests to become a teacher in the state, under a bipartisan law Gov. Phil Murphy signed Monday — the latest change state leaders have ...

ST. PAUL -- For the first time in seven years, students this year won't be able to use calculators on parts of the Minnesota Basic Skills math test. Instead, there will be a section of questions the ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In June 2024, Gov. Phil Murphy signed into law Assembly Bill 1669, which eliminated the requirement that individuals seeking a ...

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 ...

As the teacher shortage in Illinois has grown to what some say are “crisis” levels, education officials and lawmakers are looking to change the way potential teachers are assessed. One reason for the ...