Petersburg Pilot -

Petersburg School District has received its scores for the Performance Evaluation For Alaska's Schools, which shows students have improved in English language arts and math in the two year period the test has been given.

"It is one test, one time a year," said Superintendent Erica Kludt-Painter at a school board meeting on Tuesday. "It provides a piece of information about a child, but it is a piece."

The PEAKS assessment is given to students between 3rd and 9th grade. In the two years that it has been given to PSD students, they have had a steady improvement in scores, while staying above...