Pennsylvania's elected fiscal watchdog is urging state officials to end the Keystone Exams, saying they're not federally required and it's costing taxpayers nearly $100 million between 2015 and ...

Gov. Josh Shapiro said this will free up as much as two hours of time now spent taking the state exams for classroom learning. "Less testing means more learning," he said. The 2022 results from the ...

WEST CHESTER >>The Keystone Exams are getting a failing grade from both school administrators and students. Not a single presenter at a meeting Friday at West Chester University spoke favorably of the ...

For many area school districts, Keystone exams signify a variety of changes: A change in structure, a change in approach, and, at the moment, an apparent change in the quality of student exam scores, ...

Gov. Tom Wolf signed a bill Wednesday that will delay the implementation of the Keystone Exams graduation mandate. (AP File Photo) (AP File Photo) The Class of 2017 has gotten a reprieve. Pennsylvania ...

HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania’s experiment with a high-stakes student test remains in limbo as state lawmakers digest the impact of the latest changes in education policy from Washington. The Senate and ...

The concept of achieving proficiency on Keystone Exams as a high school graduation requirement has been a very costly failure in Pennsylvania, concludes a new analysis by the Allegheny Institute for ...