new tests for children beginning next year.

The Senate's Education Committee has approved a bill that would change the standardized tests used at the end of each school year to assess student and school performance.
The committee made changes to the bill Wednesday that would mean new tests for children beginning next year.
South Carolina has used the Palmetto Achievement Challenge Test but that exam has been criticized by teachers and administrators because the results take too long to report.
The results don't let educators analyze topics where students are struggling.
The change replaces that test with the Elementary and Middle School Assessment Program