MISSOURI, USA — Some Missouri parents are crying foul when it comes to Missouri Assessment Program (MAP) testing in schools this year. Parents who have chosen to educate their children virtually due ...

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 ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – This week, students across SPS are MAP testing. Pipkin Middle School teachers Jacque Lazarz and Laiken Bailey released a song of encouragement to students. Tuesday, April 19th, ...

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 ...

And each year, there is increasing talk of the MAP test disappearing -- or perhaps getting an overhaul -- one day. Last legislative session, several lawmakers filed bills to sever the connection ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — School districts are hopeful they’ll see improvement in standardized test scores this year. Schools saw Missouri Assessment Program, or MAP, test scores drop last year during the ...

The Blair Oaks School District's results from the Missouri Assessment Program, commonly referred to as the MAP test, show the district above the state average in every subject, sometimes by as much as ...

LEE’S SUMMIT, Mo. —End-of-year standardized testing could soon be a thing of the past for students in four Kansas City area school districts. On Tuesday, the Missouri State Board of Education approved ...

Each academic year Catholic elementary schools in the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois participate in standardized testing using the Measure of Academic Progress (MAP) test. Testing in Diocesan ...