Requiring applicants to pass a skills assessment test is a regression for diverse hiring initiatives. Many general hiring tests create additional entry barriers, specifically for underrepresented ...

"Under current regulation at N.J.A.C. 6A:9A, the basic skills test requirement may be satisfied in multiple ways, including the Praxis I and SAT.

The 13-year-olds who took the basic skills tests were fourth and fifth graders when the pandemic struck, and the disruption at that point in their schooling appears to have been particularly damaging.

In a bid to address the ongoing teacher shortage crisis, the New Jersey Education Association is actively campaigning for the elimination of a basic skills test for teachers. The union, in a ...

Under Act 1669, individuals seeking an instructional certificate in New Jersey no longer need to pass a basic skills test for reading, writing, and math.

With the repeal, teachers will no longer be required by the State of Nebraska to take a competency test as defined in Neb. Rev. Stat. §79-807. Nebraska used the Praxis Core basic skills test as ...