The Precedent

Mug shot of staff reporter Molly Ogden.

AzMERIT is coming, but where will the seniors be?

Molly Ogden, Staff Reporter March 24, 2016

Fourth quarter is easily one of the most stressful quarters in a high schooler's life. What with final grades and final exams, along with graduation and planning for the future for seniors, students have...

Staff Reporter Lucas Smith.

Smith Discord: ‘Opt-out’ alternative never held merit in AZ

Lucas Smith, Staff Reporter November 6, 2015

Can Arizonans opt out of state standardized tests? This is a question that has plagued families in our state for nearly a year, and now we have an answer, thanks to the state’s attorney general: no....

Ariz. AG: It is illegal to opt-out of standardized tests

Sarah Campbell, Staff Reporter November 6, 2015

Students will do everything they can to get out of a standardized test, and last year it was as easy as getting their parent’s signature on a piece of paper. The rumored option to opt-out of the newest...

Counselors Kirstin Gregg and Marsie Shealey, with student Tyler Gutti, organize AzMERIT supplies preparing for distribution.

State testing disrupted learning more than helped

Kaitlyn VanKlompenberg, Staff Writer April 23, 2015

Now that the 2015 AzMERIT testing season has come to a close, let’s take a moment to reflect. Or exhale. The term’s circus, zoo, nightmare have bounced around the testing circuit this spring,...

Yates Hates: AzMerit

Erik Yates, Web Editor April 23, 2015

April, the month that every student on campus dreads. The month where tension is at its pinnacle. Stress is high, patience is low, all around school these feelings can be felt. The hallways are clustered...

Junior Justin Vredevoogd and sophomore Jaron Barnes work on a project in their honors brief-calculus class last week. With the exception of seniors, all students will take the AzMERIT math, reading and writing tests this spring.

Arizona’s new standardized tests will count for grade, not graduation

Molly Ogden, Staff Reporter December 15, 2014

After nearly a year of uncertainty, students and teachers across the state now have some idea of what is in store for standardized testing in 2014-15. Beginning in March, new state testing known as AzMERIT...

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