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One of the most challenging things about being in middle school isn’t the acne (although that does rank high, as we recall), it’s the standardized testing. For the second year this April, Buford Middle School took an ordinary spring Friday and turned it into an opportunity to hype students for the SOLs. Game Ready Day, in which students participate in fun learning games to prep for an otherwise stressful test, was sponsored in part by a $1,500 donation from the Public Education Foundation. The investment paid off—the kids’ test scores improved year over year.
