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Mendez Middle School in Southeast Austin has failed to meet state standards over the past four years. If it doesn’t improve academics by summer, it will…
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From Texas Standard:It's the first week for classes for most school kids in Texas – and the start of a year that for public school students and teachers…
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The number of school districts in Texas that did not meet state standards in 2016 rose slightly over 2015, though almost 94 percent of districts statewide…
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As displeasure with Texas’ standardized testing regime mounts, all eyes are on a special panel the Legislature created last year to figure out whether to…
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Gov. Greg Abbott warmed up his bill-signing pen on Monday, approving a measure ensuring that some high school seniors who fail to pass state exams can…
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90 percent of school districts in Texas met state standards, according to results released Friday by the Texas Education Agency.Under a new rating system…
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Elgin Middle School sixth grader Allison Graves sits at a computer in math class, using a program called Think Through Math to practice fractions.“Your…
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As the state integrates a directive that requires eighth-graders in Texas public schools to have graphing calculators for STAAR testing, some poorer Texas…
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Texas high schools are preparing for major changes to graduation requirements. Under a new law, schools will have less standardized testing. But when it…
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STAAR test results released last week show minimal gains compared to 2012. It was the second year students took the new standardized tests, which teachers…