Pa. students to take 1st Keystone Exams soon

Published November 27, 2012 4:36pm ET



PHILADELPHIA (AP) — School districts statewide will begin administering new standardized tests next week in math, English and science, exams that eventually all students will have to pass to earn a high school diploma.

The first wave of Keystone Exams starts Monday. Districts will begin testing all juniors in algebra 1, literature and biology; students in lower grades who have finished courses in those subjects will take the exams as well.

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