State Rep. Mike Carroll, D-Luzerne/Lackawanna, will introduce an omnibus Public School Code bill that would establish a moratorium on Keystone Exams being used as a requirement for graduation. Carroll said this suspension would benefit students and their families, while offering much-needed relief to school districts that face significant financial and educational obstacles to fully implement the graduation requirement. “It has become ever more apparent to me that the linkage of Keystone exam passage to graduation is riddled with problems and that more thought is required to assess students with a wide range of abilities,” said Carroll, a member of the House Education Committee. “A one-size-fits-all approach seldom works in the real word and the Keystone exam requirement is no exception.”

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Source: http://www.pahouse.com, Press Release, May 28, 2015.