Teachers in New Jersey will no longer be required to pass a basic reading, writing and mathematics test to ... multiple states have lowered standards for teacher certification to combat a ...

Newark students made incremental progress on their spring 2024 mathematics and ... or 52.2%, of New Jersey students met or exceeded proficiency standards in English language arts on the spring ...

Act 1669 removes a requirement that teachers pass a basic reading, writing and math test to be eligible to teach. The law was signed by Gov. Phil Murphy (D-N.J.) last June.

“The additional requirement to pass the PRAXIS Basic Skills test did nothing to elevate standards ... in New Jersey had to pass the Praxis basic skills test in reading, writing and math, as ...

TRENTON, NJ - Elon Musk, the CEO of X, SpaceX and Tesla, recently took to social media to express his skepticism about New ...

The rationale, if one can call it rational, is that New Jersey is not attracting enough teachers to the profession and so standards must ... OECD member countries in math and 12th in science." ...