Students are taking more standardized basic skills tests than ever. But before they can teach the skills, teachers have to show they have them, and that can sometimes be more daunting than the word ...

Baltimore’s middle and high school students scored significantly worse last year on state tests measuring basic reading and math skills – a stark reminder, education officials say, of how badly reform ...

One morning, some 20 years ago, I took an anonymous phone call that stunned me. Years had passed since our decadelong federal class action discrimination lawsuit against the CBEST had ended with only ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A new state law will require teachers to pass a basic skills exam in reading, writing and math in order to get a Minnesota teaching license. Despite vetoing a similar ...

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 ...