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 ...

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 ...

The good news is that there is genuinely good news in the latest round of testing in elementary reading and math. Some Montgomery County schools that serve large numbers of poor students and students ...

Praxis Basic Skills test was a requirement for teacher certification Nearly all of New Jersey’s legislators voted last year to remove the Praxis Basic Skills test as a requirement for teacher ...

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 ...

June 4, 2026 - Teachers say escalating costs are swallowing their raises, while district leaders say schools can’t shoulder the cost as they grapple with declining enrollment. The caller had personal ...

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, ...

The front page article in the May 6, Herald-Whig speaks of two bills pending in the Illinois General Assembly. They would either pause or permanently eliminate the basic skills test for new teachers.

Eighth-graders in Rochester Catholic Schools performed well on the Minnesota Basic Skills mathematics and reading tests, according to results released Wednesday by the school system's superintendent, ...

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 ...