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 ...

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, ...

On the surface, the “Keystone Exams” action by the State Board of Education appears to establish firm standards for high school graduation in Pennsylvania. ‘It’s official,” began Saturday’s story in ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

The Keystone Exams are coming. On Sept. 12, the state board of education made its latest amendments to academic standards, standardized testing and graduation requirements. The board also finalized ...