Superintendent of Centralia Public Schools, Glenn Brown, said recent test preparation questions used for the MAP tests are unacceptable. "It's obviously a regrettable situation that has occurred," he ...

What started as one school’s protest against the MAP test has quickly ignited a storm. First other schools in Seattle started weighing in, then the NAACP and now, in the most striking demonstration of ...

For about a month each spring, Dr. Sam Duncan's job as director of state and federal programs in the Jackson School District starts to seem a little like that of a top-secret agent. Duncan is in ...

While state education officials are pleased the latest statewide test scores exceed federal requirements, the results from the achievement tests for Missouri students shouldn't make anyone jump for ...

SIKESTON, MO (KFVS) - If parents decide their children don't need to take Missouri's MAP test, are the students punished? Parents in Sikeston, Missouri feel that's exactly what's happening after they ...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO (KFVS) - Can my child opt out of taking the MAP test in Missouri? It's a questions that school officials say they are hearing now that MAP testing is upon us. Some parents say the ...

Missouri is piloting a new standardized test model to replace the single end-of-year exam. The new "through-year" assessment provides results in 24 to 48 hours, unlike the current months-long wait.