Kutztown School Board members approved placing Keystone Exam results on high school transcripts Monday night, and tabled making the exam part of graduation requirements.

Beginning Thursday, 9th, 10th and 11th graders will begin taking the Keystone Exams, new state standardized testing of which every high school must meet AYP. The test is on Algebra 1, Literature and Biology.

Previously, school board members and administration debated whether or not to make passing the Keystone Exam at a certain proficiency level part of the high school graduation requirements starting in 2014 to give the exam “some teeth” by holding students accountable and give them motivation to do well on the test.