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 ...

Nine people testified in favor of repeal last week at a hearing held by the Nebraska Department of Education. The hearing was on a department proposal to repeal Rule 23, which requires basic-skills ...

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 ...

According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress, fourth- and eighth-graders have fallen behind in reading and math. The teacher shortage has given new life to the effort to junk ...

Gov. Jim Pillen signed off Tuesday on eliminating basic-skills testing for new teachers, which many say is an unnecessary and burdensome requirement keeping educators out of the classroom. Pillen ...

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 ...