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  "path": "/2026/02/09/missouri-budget-cuts-threaten-plan-to-show-grade-level-performance-on-state-tests/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-02-09T11:55:41.000Z",
  "site": "https://missouriindependent.com",
  "tags": [
    "Education",
    "Government + Politics",
    "Legislature",
    "Brad Pollitt",
    "budget",
    "Department of Elementary and Secondary Education",
    "DESE",
    "education",
    "governor",
    "K-12",
    "Karla Eslinger",
    "Kathy Steinhoff",
    "Kemp Strickler",
    "Kyle Kruse",
    "Lisa Sireno",
    "Mike Kehoe",
    "Missouri",
    "public schools"
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  "textContent": "A law passed last year to add a measure for grade-level equivalency as part of Missouri’s standardized test reports may be scrapped as a casualty of the state’s budgetary woes. The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education requested $1 million to add grade-level equivalency to the Missouri Assessment Program, which would largely be a one-time […]",
  "title": "Missouri budget cuts threaten plan to show grade-level performance on state tests"
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