The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education plans to require schools to give achievement tests on computers starting with the 2014-15 school year.
The department reported a survey it conducted of schools reveals that 95 percent of Missouri's public schools already have the technology necessary to conduct computer-based achievement testing.
"We are pleased," said Commissioner of Education Chris Nicastro, "to see that most schools in the state have been able to inves
To help the tornado-stricken people of Dumas and surroundings, donations can be made to the Delta Area Disaster Relief Fund, care of the Delta Area Community Foundation, P.O. Box 894, Dumas, AR, 71639, or through the Arkansas Community Foundation, 700 S. Rock St., Little Rock, AR, 72202.