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The Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate has said several times he will end the annual standardized tests. State and federal law make it impossible.
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In an academic year scrambled by the pandemic and a deadly winter storm, Texas school students face makeup work and rounds of standardized testing. Many parents and teachers say it's unnecessary.
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Contracts totaling $338 million have been awarded to Cambium Assessment and Pearson, a longtime player in testing Texas public school students, to develop and administer STAAR for the next four years.
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As the first wave of Texas students sit down to take the state standardized test this week, many parents, educators and lawmakers are wondering whether...
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Top Texas lawmakers this year are proposing allocating billions of more dollars for public schools, but a portion of those dollars will likely have…
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Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath was in Dallas this week to talk about how the state’s schools are doing -- and the impact Hurricane Harvey has…
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State education leaders want 60 percent of Texans 25 to 34 years old to have some kind of post-secondary certificate or degree by the year 2030. But to...
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Last week, The College Board released the latest batch of SAT scores for high school students – and they’re down nationwide. They’re even worse in Texas.…
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The Texas House Wednesday moved a step closer to getting rid of writing exams that are tripping up many high school students.Writing is included in…
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Today KERA, The Dallas Morning News and KXAS-TV (NBC 5) begin a series of coordinated reports we’re calling Five Days in October. Each day we’ll look at…
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The SAT, a standardized test that for many students is an intimidating hurdle to clear en route to college admissions, is about to undergo a major…
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A new report raises questions about whether tests like the SAT and ACT are a good indicator of how well students will do in college. The study, which was…