BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho students scored higher taking new standardized tests compared with the national benchmarks used to measure English language arts and math proficiency. "Once we were actually in possession of the information, we saw that students did really well," said department spokesman Jeff Church. According to the data, Idaho students exceeded projected proficiency levels in all grades for English language arts, with high school grades scoring much higher in the top two advance levels. Church said the state hasn't received a report comparing all of Idaho's public school districts from the vendor in charge of grading the test scores.