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How Is AzMERIT Testing Going? Arizona Educator Joe Thomas Weighs In

Arizona public school students have been taking the AzMERIT test. The testing window ends early next month.

This is the replacement AIMS, the state’s former standardized test.

To find out how it’s going, we talked to Joe Thomas. He’s a U.S. government teacher at Skyline High School in Mesa and vice president of the Arizona Education Association.

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Mark Brodie is a co-host of The Show, KJZZ’s locally produced news magazine. Since starting at KJZZ in 2002, Brodie has been a host, reporter and producer, including several years covering the Arizona Legislature, based at the Capitol.