The state Board of Education endorsed scaling back high school standardized exams from seven to five – but not to three, as the Murphy administration sought.
A planned vote was postponed on changes related to standardized PARCC exams that would give students more alternatives to qualify for high-school graduation.
Lawmakers and the Murphy administration are looking at ways to improve school bus safety, following a crash lthat killed a student and teacher from Paramus.
NJEA says it isn't ignoring comments about sex abuse allegations – but that they're false and potentially misleading. Lawmakers have seen the raw video.
Meetings and focus groups aimed at developing a new assessment will start in May. But PARCC will still be around next year, and a new test will replace it.
Lawmakers appeared to get a public acknowledgement that school aid figures for 2018-19 will be recalculated. Some districts will get less than promised.