HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. -- Mandatory state test scores may have some south-metro area students sweating a little more this year, as Douglas County will add the results to each student's transcript.

After taking input from all nine high school principals last year, all of whom voted for the plan, Dougco is now going to make CSAP results a permanent part of a student's academic record. “It was just one more measure to add to a transcript,” said Susan Meek, communications director for the district. “It may help students, you know, take the test more seriously. But that really isn’t a big issue in our district because we have a really good record.”

Traditionally given in the spring, the CSAP is given to third-through 10th-grade students across the state. And it's in transition, as the board of education looks at a better measure of student achievement, which likely won't be administered statewide for at least two years, according to a spokesman.

"It’s a test that they’re used to taking. It really isn't changing anything from the student's perspective other than it's being added to their transcript,” Meek said. But do colleges care?

Not really.

A spokesman at the University of Colorado at Boulder told TheDenverChannel that CSAP scores only measure half of one's high school career and couldn't be adequately compared to applicants of students from other states.

Adams County 12 and Denver Public schools have been adding the CSAP scores to transcripts for several years, according to spokesmen reached late Wednesday.