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JEFFERSON CITY - The State Board of Education may consider changing the standard tests that high school students take, in hopes of making them try harder. A task force on improving high school education had recommended Missouri move away from the Missouri Assessment Program tests. The panel suggested requiring students to take a college entrance exam like the A-C-T, but the state board didn't agree. Now the board could take up another idea. State education officials are looking at replacing the high school MAP tests with statewide finals in algebra, English, biology and government. Many educators complain that students don't take the MAP tests seriously because they don't affect their grades. Performance on the statewide final exam could factor into their grades.

Posted by: Tricia Teschke

Published: Friday, January 19, 2007 at 4:23 PM
Last Updated: Friday, January 19, 2007 at 7:06 PM
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