[Principled]

Seems a little wrong not to note that the testing was replaced, not eliminated.

Too many problems with excerpts being posted without a comment indicating the main points of the article. That’s just misleading, if it happened.

[devane617]

Sorry if I confused you. I will try to do better next time.

[68skylark]

...however, students would not have to pass any of the end-of-course exams to earn a diploma, as long as they had a passing grade in their courses.

As I read this article, it's saying that the state wants to eliminate the test that's required to graduate. That's quite a change. (It also seems to say they want to replace the old test with new ones, but that students won't be required to pass the new tests.)