State Rep. Mike Tobash, R-125, wants to extend the time period for development of the Keystone Exams.

The Pennsylvania Department of Education has already implemented the standardized tests in algebra I, literature and biology and has developed and will soon field test Keystone Exams in English composition and in civics and government. Under current law, a total of 10 Keystone Exams must be in place no later than the 2020-21 school year. Through annual appropriation, tests will be added for algebra II, geometry, U.S. history, chemistry and world history.

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Source: Hazelton Standard Speaker, By Mark Gilger, Jr. (Staff Writer), October 15, 2013.