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 Pennsylvania Department of Education announced today the cancellation of all PSSA testing and Keystone exams for the 2019-20 school year as a result of COVID-19. This includes the Pennsylvania ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- With House Speaker Mike Turzai beside him, Gov. Tom Wolf signed Turzai's bill to remove the Keystone high school examination requirement for graduation for thousands of technical ...

The Keystone Exams were implemented in 2012-13 as an end-of-course state test to asses a student’s proficiency in a certain testing subject. Algebra I, biology and literature were the first three ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. - Pennsylvania's Auditor General Eugene DePasquale is recommending the Keystone Exams be replaced with SATs. The Auditor General releasing the results of an audit into the state's ...

Pennsylvania’s education secretary will be tasked to commission an independent feasibility study to determine whether the ...

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 - With use of Keystone exams as a high school graduation requirement on hold, the state Department of Education is recommending that Pennsylvania allow students several ways to demonstrate ...

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 ...

The Keystone Exams were implemented in 2012-13 as an end-of-course state test to asses a student’s proficiency in a certain testing subject. Algebra I, biology and literature were the first three ...