Claim By making current events classes mandatory, US high schools would help students become better maders and test-takers. Answer menu - Click to add. Doesn't it make sense that students who read newspapers are better able to absorb and analyze new information on tests? A study in the journal Journalism and Mass Communication Educator found that students in a journalism class were most interested in "breaking news and crime"stories, and they learned best from "interactive activities. Education World reports that "students who use newspapers [in class] tend to score higher on standardized achievement tests-particularly in reading, math, and social studies-than those who don't use them."