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Thousands of fifth- and sixth-graders statewide will have to retake the writing portion of the Michigan Educational Assessment Program test after a newspaper published sensitive information about the test this week, according to the Michigan Department of Education.
State officials don't know how many of the more than 250,000 fifth- and sixth-graders in Michigan have already taken the test, but all will be given the new writing section.
"It's not like we were going to find out the answers," Brooke Nemens, 10, a sixth-grader at L'Anse Creuse Middle School -- North, said after she heard the news. "I don't even read the newspaper."
Brooke, who took the test earlier this week, said it was easy but she doesn't want to take it again.
The newspaper that revealed two of the writing topics -- the Jackson Citizen Patriot -- is more than 100 miles away from her, but the breach presented a question of fairness, said Department of Education spokesman Martin Ackley.
"The Department of Education had no choice but to make this extraordinary decision," he said. "We have to maintain the integrity of the test, and we have to ensure fairness for every student in Michigan."