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GOP rivals for state schools chief differ on student testing

GOP candidates for state superintendent of public instruction at televised debate Thursday night, 5/8/14 (Idaho Public Television)
GOP candidates for state superintendent of public instruction at televised debate Thursday night, 5/8/14 (Idaho Public Television)

The four GOP candidates for Idaho state schools chief split over the new student testing program that the state is currently developing, with just one of the four – Melba school Superintendent Andy Grover - backing the state’s current approach. The four faced off as part of the “Idaho Debates,” sponsored by the Idaho Press Club and the League of Women Voters and broadcast statewide on Idaho Public Television. The one who wins the GOP primary on May 20 will face Democrat Jana Jones in November; she’s unopposed in the primary. You can read my full story here at spokesman.com.



Betsy Z. Russell
Betsy Z. Russell joined The Spokesman-Review in 1991. She currently is a reporter in the Boise Bureau covering Idaho state government and politics, and other news from Idaho's state capital.

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