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There will be few consequences if parents worried about the health risks of in-person testing keep their elementary and middle school students in virtual learning at home. But high schoolers still must pass certain exams to graduate.
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School districts can set up sites outside of their schools, including performing arts centers, hotels and recreation centers where they can “ensure equitable access and maintain test security.”
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The report comes on the heels of Texas signing two, four-year contracts totaling $388 million with companies to develop and administer the standardized tests.
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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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State lawmakers had previously asked the Texas Education Agency to seek a federal waiver to cancel the standardized tests.
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The pandemic has upended school as most kids and teachers know it in Texas. But one part of the school year could proceed as normal: standardized testing, also known as STAAR.
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Were the reading and writing passages on standardized tests that Texas elementary and middle school students took this spring too challenging for their…
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Research showing that reading passages on Texas standardized tests were years above grade level inspired calls for action this legislative session....
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STAAR testing is just about over for this school year. The State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness have been part of Texas students' lives...
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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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From Texas Standard: From botched distribution of exams to concerns about so-called teaching to the test, educators and parents alike have been critical...
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From Texas Standard: Stakes can be high for students and teachers in Texas when it comes to standardized testing – specifically, STAAR testing. Students...