Missouri State Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

Students are showing “positive momentum” on state standardized tests, state education officials said Tuesday, though the results remain below pre-pandemic levels.

Twelve state schools serving students with disabilities will close next year as part of a plan approved Tuesday afternoon by the Missouri State Board of Education.

The Missouri State Board of Education voted Tuesday to offer proposed changes to teacher certification requirements for public comment.

A state audit has found that a Kansas City charter school was overpaid about $4.3 million in the two years before it closed because administrators…