When the college students showed up at Robberson Elementary last week, a mob of children sprinted to the playground fence in a joyous frenzy.

Who knew state-mandated tests could be so much fun?

For the past six weeks, students from Baptist Bible College have been visiting Robberson for an hour every Wednesday — to offer encouragement, teach test-taking skills and guide students through the MAP test process.

The point? To provide Robberson’s young test-takers with positive role models and to raise the scores on the Missouri Assessment Program tests — the state’s academic measuring stick to satisfy the federal mandates of No Child Left Behind.

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