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# Q-Line asks how Santa Monica-Malibu schools can keep test scores rising
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/083105-story/
- Published: 2005-08-31T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T07:38:06.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Education, Malibu, #archive-import

According to recently released numbers, Santa Monica’s students continue to show improved performance on standardized tests — a trend that has been ongoing ever since such test results started being tracked in the 2000-01 school year. However, officials acknowledge there is still plenty of room for improvement.

So this week, Q-Line wants to know, “What does the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District have to do to ensure this upward achievement trend among students continues?”

Call (310) 285-8106 before Friday at 5 p.m. and we’ll print your responses in the weekend edition. Please try to limit your comments to a minute or less. It might help to think first about the wording of your response.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on August 31, 2005.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/083105.pdf?ref=smdp.com)