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 ...

Emma Lambert easily passed the writing portion of the basic skills test required of Pennsylvania teaching candidates. The math section took a few more attempts. As for reading? She failed 12 times ...

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 ...

Two students in Danielle Adler’s kindergarten class at Marcus Hook Elementary School in Marcus Hook, Pa., prepare for an addition problem. Credit: Holly Korbey for The Hechinger Report The Hechinger ...

Even now, back in school for three years, nearly a third of all students in Washington can’t demonstrate a basic grasp of grade-level skills in math. Among low-income students, that number rises to 45 ...

Washington's students' test scores have revealed startling results, with nearly one-third of students failing to reach basic ...

A new report reveals large numbers of community college students need remedial classes and are dropping out of school. Most community college students in California get stuck in basic-skills math and ...

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