Students are taking more standardized basic skills tests than ever. But before they can teach the skills, teachers have to show they have them, and that can sometimes be more daunting than the word ...

Many agree: To improve education, we need excellent teachers in every classroom. One proposal before the Minnesota Legislature won’t help toward that end. It’s a measure to throw out the basic skills ...

Minnesota is considering making it easier to become a teacher by eliminating what educators say is an overly demanding test of their academic skills. A task force created by the 2013 Legislature has ...

Before attorneys can practice law in Minnesota, they have to pass the bar exam. In fact, they have to pass a two-hour, 50-question exam just to be able to sit for the bar exam. Likewise, nurses have ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The bill would end the Praxis core test requirement just months after a new law created a pathway letting teachers eschew the ...

House lawmakers are revisiting a new, stricter teacher licensure law that critics say is driving qualified teachers out of the classroom. Last year, the Legislature changed the laws governing teacher ...

Legislative efforts to repeal a controversial test for Minnesota's aspiring teachers have all but sputtered out this year, but questions linger about whether the exam presents unfair challenges to ...

Less than a third of aspiring teachers passed Michigan's tough new certification test during the first year the exam was required, with universities and the state Michigan Department of Education ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO)-- A new state law passed last year requires anyone who wants to be a new teacher in Minnesota to take what's called a basic skills test. But now, some are questioning whether that ...