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Houston Opt-Out Movement Ramps Up Boycott This Testing Season
Posted on · There’s no official state policy on opting out, but the Houston school district says students won't be disciplined for missing the exam.
Posted on · There’s no official state policy on opting out, but the Houston school district says students won't be disciplined for missing the exam.
Posted on · The HISD board approved the new "opt out" policy, which serves as a notice for parents about the implications and prohibits any negative consequences.
Posted on · In the past few weeks, the Houston Independent School District's administration has announced some planned changes, including scaling back student testing next year. HISD Superintendent Terry Grier also initially proposed to end the district's controversial performance bonus system, but he went back on that proposal earlier this week. Next week, the HISD board will review […]
Posted on · The Houston Independent School District warns that students who don't take the state standardized tests could have to take summer school or even be held back. But some parents disagree with the conclusion.
Posted on · The state contracts with the company Pearson to write the exams and also deliver them, including computer-based tests.
Posted on · In public schools around the country, there's a growing backlash against high-stakes testing. Parents in Greater Houston are also joining that movement.
Posted on · National HIV Testing Day is this Friday, and the Texas Department of State Health Services is hosting an HIV/STD Conference later this summer in Austin. The city of Houston is partnering with AIDS Foundation Houston to test 15,000 Houstonians for HIV this summer. About 27,000 Houstonians are HIV positive, and thousands more are believed to […]
Posted on · The student's mother opted him out of the state's standardized test.
Posted on · Statewide test results for grades three through eight are expected next week.
Posted on · Proposal bases 20 percent of teacher's grade on student growth on tests.
Posted on · The lawsuit claims the system that uses student test scores is unreliable.
Posted on · Andreas Schleicher uses test scores to advise school systems around the world.
Posted on · The Houston Forensic Science Center â Houstonâs crime lab â is being overseen these days by an independent board, which hired Dr. Daniel Garner to run it. Garner formerly managed the forensics lab for the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms. On this edition of Houston Matters, weâll talk with Dr. Garner and chairman […]
Posted on · The investigation continues into the possibility of teachers cheating on state exams at two HISD elementary schools. KUHF education reporter Laura Isensee has been following this developing story, and she’ll have an update for us. Weâll also talk with Dawn Westfall, who’s written about âhigh stakesâ testing that may unintentionally incentivize cheating among teachers. Weâll […]
Posted on · Graduation is on the minds of legislators in Austin these days. Both houses of the Texas legislature have passed a bill to change standardized testing and other graduation requirements for high school students in Texas. The proposed legislation would reduce from 15 to 5 the number of standardized tests students need to pass in order […]