Introducing assessments like data entry and typing tests into the application process can help ensure top-quality candidates are being considered.

By Susan Snyder, The Philadelphia Inquirer Emma Lambert easily passed the writing portion of the basic skills test required of Pennsylvania teaching candidates.

To address the ongoing teacher shortage crisis, the New Jersey Education Association is campaigning for the end of a basic skills test for teachers.

A New Jersey teachers union wants to change teaching standards for entering the profession because they believe the measure creates an "unnecessary barrier" for new teachers.

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.

The state education commissioner says it's "back to the drawing board" on what to do with skills testing for college students who want to become teachers.

To address the ongoing teacher shortage crisis, the New Jersey Education Association is campaigning for the end of a basic skills test for teachers.