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School districts will have the option to offer high school students four additional standardized tests next school year under a plan approved Tuesday by the Maryland State Board of Education.

Maryland hasn't finished giving the new statewide tests introduced this spring, but already school leaders have decided to scale back the number of tests and the hours students will have to sit for them next year.

A group of Laurel High School teachers on Thursday asked the Prince George's County Board of Education to cut back on the amount of testing put upon students, including the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, or PARCC.

In the age of social media, the means by which students cheat have evolved from passing notes or looking over a shoulder. So, too, have efforts to stop them.

Utilizing input from parents, students, staff and community members, the Howard County Public School System launched the Family Math Support Center in August.

Local education leaders are putting pressure on the state to delay the use of new high school exams as high-stakes tests required for graduation in Maryland public schools, saying it is unfair to students during this period of transition.