ALBANY — Social workers and state lawmakers are again at odds over legislation that would eliminate the controversial social worker licensing test. Currently, prospective social workers are required ...

The D.C. Council is considering doing away with the exam requirement for certain types of social workers over concerns of racial bias. Citing a need to fill social worker positions in the District, a ...

Some have called the social worker licensing exam racist because of the racial disparities seen in first-time pass rates. White test takers are far more likely to pass the licensing exam than people ...

A Maryland Senate committee voted Friday to pass legislation that would temporarily waive the national exam requirement for nonclinical social workers under certain circumstances. The bills were ...