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 ...

The second wave of state Keystone Exams will hit area high schools this week, and unlike earlier pilot programs conducted in a limited number of schools, this year all 11th-grade students must take ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, Pa. (AP) -- Pennsylvania is poised to delay the Keystone Exams as a graduation requirement again and provide alternative ways for students to achieve proficiency. Gov. Tom Wolf's office ...

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 ...