Unpopular AMP tests to be replaced

Alaska Measures of Progress [AMP] test scores released last fall disappointed many school districts. Now, state education commissioner Mike Hanley says he’s eliminating the tests for 2017 while beginning a requests for proposals process for a replacement for the student assessment exams.
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In a surprise statement late Tuesday night, Alaska education commissioner Mike Hanley said the Alaska Measures of Progress tests would be dropped for the 2016-2017 school year while the stat