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 ...

School district accreditation around the state hinges on what happens during the next five weeks as students take the Missouri Assessment Program, or MAP. It's a standardized test given annually by ...

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 one North Elementary parent, a study guide sent home by their child's teacher last spring threw up a red flag. "I was a little shocked that there would be a study guide for a standardized test," ...

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 ...

ST. LOUIS — Students across Missouri are under pressure as state testing is underway and it's a time of year many families dread. The Missouri Assessment Program (MAP) is used to accredit schools and ...

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 ...