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The high stakes of being a third grader

Posted by Texas School Alliance | May 13, 2019 | 86th Texas Legislature

This story was originally published by TribTalk and can be found here. Dear School District A:...

STAAR shouldn’t be the basis for Texas school accountability

Posted by Texas School Alliance | Apr 9, 2019 | 86th Texas Legislature

The identification of recent anomalies in Texas’s STAAR tests has led a great many in both the education and policy communities to demand the Texas Education Agency (TEA) and its test contractor do a better job building the tests — in particular the reading tests. Evidence is cited that the reading tests may in fact target above grade-level reading, which, if true, would put TEA out of compliance with state law.

New Study Reaffirms That STAAR Reading Tests Are Not on Grade Level

Posted by Texas School Alliance | Mar 25, 2019 | 86th Texas Legislature

Eight different readability formulas showed the test’s reading portions are at a higher level of difficulty than appropriate for the grades they’re assessing.