...who will decide how to distribute them. ''I know a bunch of schools have already started meeting with kids,'' Mark Leal, director of assessment for the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District, said Monday. Education officials caution that...

...made for another year, however, because this is the first year there are state-required tests at every grade, said Mark Leal, state educational assessment coordinator. That means August's rank could be based on this year's scores only...

...changes prompted by the departures of former Assistant Superintendent for Instruction Ed McLain, Assessment Director Mark Leal and Assistant Superintendent for Operations and Business Management Patrick Hickey. McLain and Leal left in June to take...