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Data Integrity Issues Plague STAAR Testing
Education commissioner cancels June retest dates
"...Mike Morath has basically scrapped much of this year's exams due to massive and continuing problems with the whole..."

June 17, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Opinion: Why I’m Not Sweating the STAAR Test Anymore
A Texas student explains why standardized testing seems like a big waste of time and money
"...school, we are told to focus on our tests, exams, and grades. But why do standardized tests matter the..."

Dec. 3, 2021 Column by Aina Marzia

Not the Brightest STAAR
Under pressure from lawmakers, education commissioner defers 15% grading system
"...Scott announced, "I am modifying the Texas Education Agency's [STAAR] Transition Plan." As a result, the TEA will allow..."

Feb. 24, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

No Quick Answers on STAAR Glitch
District and state officials remain in the dark on STAAR malfunction
"...When Education Testing Service took over administering Texas STAAR tests, it was supposed to be an end to..."

April 15, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

What Follows Five Years of Failure at Mendez Middle School?
Making the grade
"...on the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) exams that are a major component in establishing campus..."

Aug. 31, 2018 News Feature by Austin Sanders

AISD Is Hiring an Equity Officer
The new position will promote educational equity and inclusiveness for the district's 80,000-plus students
"...The results of this year's midyear benchmark exams, administered in December and reported to the Board of..."

April 19, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Austin ISD Gets Its State Report Card
The district gets a B for performance
"...state uses to assess campus performance is results on STAAR exams – what Goodnow referred to as "a snapshot..."

Aug. 23, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Texas Senate Education Committee Advances Its Own School Finance Plan
SB 4 would essentially gut the House version of the bill
"...teachers and administrators to focus on preparing students for STAAR exams, a practice that could de-emphasize subject matter not..."

May 1, 2019 News Post by Austin Sanders

Signs of Trouble and of Hope at Mendez Middle School
In-district charter seeks to turn around a campus’ longtime struggles
"...dependent on State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) exam results...."

March 1, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Making the Math Work on Real School Finance Reform
"Texas Plan" brings new money to Austin and other districts, but nothing's final yet
"...is important. For many, basing those metrics solely on STAAR results represents a line in the sand, especially as..."

April 26, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Coalition Issues Manifesto on East Austin Schools
Coalition issues manifesto on East Austin schools
"...black and white students are "inexcusable." (On the 2018 STAAR exams, African-American students met grade level standards at a..."

Sept. 14, 2018 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Students With Learning Disabilities Should not be Punished
"...a rule that would call for high school end-of-course exams to count as 15% of final grades for students..."

June 27, 2012 Postmarks

Changing Course
AISD shifts to community-based model for prepping younger kids for college
"...new State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, or STAAR tests. In another new slice of college-centric terminology, they..."

Sept. 9, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Bill of the Week: Down With Tests, Up With Standards?
Bipartisan starting point for school graduation reform
"...accountability system." It starts by completely overhauling the dreaded STAAR tests, and, most pressingly for families, taking the emphasis..."

Jan. 26, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Headlines
"...Stop the STAAR? While Austin-area students wrapped up 2019's first day of..."

April 12, 2019 News Feature

Lege Lines: Elsewhere Under the Dome
Rounding up the news left on the chamber floors
"...to let students who fail one or two end-of-course STAAR exams graduate with their class if they meet all..."

April 21, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

The Luv Doc: Testing
Like it or not, you are always being graded – not by your words, but by your actions
"...not be the GRE, the SAT, or even the STAAR (and shouldn't that be spelled correctly, acronym or not?)..."

Aug. 12, 2016 Column by The Luv Doc

The Education Session
The Lege takes another run at patching school finance
"...won't graduate, because she has failed the U.S. History STAAR test. She told the assembled crowd of educators, administrators,..."

May 1, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Perry's Veto Axe Comes Down
Democrats and Republicans of all stripes and experience hit
"...High Performance Schools Consortium to cut the number of exams taken in grades three through eight. Second, educators and..."

June 17, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

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