Standardized Testing

Illinois high school students will begin taking the new exams in Spring 2025.

Margie Vandeven became the Missouri Commissioner of Education in January 2015, but was briefly ousted by Gov. Eric Greitens before being reinstated. Vandeven led the education department through the coronavirus pandemic and oversaw a transition to a new standardized testing regime.

Schools in Missouri are still rebounding from the pandemic's impact on student learning. State education leaders say they're also grappling with student mental health issues, chronic absenteeism and teacher shortages.

The school districts want to use a new Missouri law to get out of the Missouri standardized tests and experiment with a different system.

New data from Missouri’s education department show how students have struggled during the pandemic.

This year is part of a “transition” as Missouri education officials update the state’s accountability program for schools.

Missouri school students will sit down for state assessments soon. For some, it’ll be their first time in a classroom in more than a year. Teachers and parents say testing should be canceled, but education officials counter the data is critical.

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