Idaho students made slight but across-the-board improvements in the second round of the state’s new standardized test.

The State Department of Education released spring scores on the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium exams Friday morning, and state superintendent Sherri Ybarra touted the across-the-board gains.

“Even though this is just a snapshot in the day of the lives of our student, and just one of the many indicators that we have to measure growth, it does reflect the hard work that is being done by educators across our great state to support students in their educational achievements,” Ybarra said in a news release/Kevin Richert, Idaho Education News. More here.