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THE ISSUE: PACT tests; OUR OPINION: Standardized test should not be end-all in S.C. schools S.C. Superintendent of Education Jim Rex has focused on bipartisanship in making recommendations on reforms ...

Palmetto state students soon may be studying to pass the "STARS" or ace the "PASS," depending on what state residents decide. Those acronyms are among the five from which South Carolinians will choose ...

The recent release of 2007 Palmetto Achievement Challenge Test scores brought some good news and some bad news to local school districts. Bamberg School District 1 and Orangeburg Consolidated School ...

The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education has ended its contract with testing consortium Smarter Balanced. DESE sent a letter to the group last week, stating Missouri will not ...