The pros and cons of the STAAR test going online

This year, the STAAR test will be fully online. News 88.7's education and families reporter Dominic Anthony Walsh has been talking with educators about that and other changes to the exam and concerns they've raised about it.

We follow up his report with a discussion of some of the pros and cons of the redesigned test with Dr. Melissa Gallagher, assistant professor of mathematics education from the University of Houston College of Education's Department of Curriculum and Instruction.

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