ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland schools plan to start their annual round of standardized tests this week, despite legislators’ efforts to cancel or replace them this year.

Del. Eric Luedtke and Sen. Nancy King said the Maryland School Assessments would waste classroom time because they no longer reflect what students are learning. The Common Core State Standards have led to curriculum changes, and the Maryland tests haven’t kept pace, they said, but their bills never made it past legislative committees.

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