Israel's education minister cancels standardized tests despite report backing reliability

Haaretz20 October 2026, 18:16 UTCIsrael

Yoav Kisch halted cooperation with the testing authority a week before the election, despite an external review he commissioned finding its exams reliable; critics accused him of trying to avoid poor results

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