
Texas Education Commissioner Michael Williams expressed his hope that the feds will grant the state a permanent No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) waiver, a message buried within his weekend announcement about rolling out tougher criteria for the state’s annual standardized public and charter school testing.
by Merrill Hope7 Oct 2015, 12:16 PM PST0

The Texas Education Agency (TEA) announced its statewide public education accountability ratings. Although favorable, showing most school districts and charters fared well, these results were compiled using changed criteria and relying on less reported information.
by Merrill Hope11 Aug 2015, 5:55 AM PST0

The largest school district in the Lone Star State was shaken up when thousands of annual State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) end-of-course completed exam answer sheets vanished. It was quite the find when all but 68 of them resurfaced this week.
by Merrill Hope12 Jun 2015, 7:38 AM PST0