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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Marines use their navigation skills to plan the best route to patrol through the forests at Marine Corps Community Services Big Bear Recreation Center. (Cpl. Timothy Valero/Marine Corps) It may have ...