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Luna, state board want to scrap science test as high school grad requirement

Aug. 13, 2010 9:18 a.m. • 6 comments

Idaho high school students would no longer have to pass a standardized test in science to graduate from high school, under a rule change pushed by state Superintendent of Schools Tom Luna and approved by the state Board of Education yesterday; lawmakers still must sign off on the change, which would take effect with the class of 2013. Luna said it wasn’t an accurate measure of how students are performing in science. Click below to read a full report from AP reporter Jessie Bonner.

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