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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Florida Senate on Thursday passed a wide-ranging education bill that includes eliminating a requirement that high-school students pass algebra and language-arts tests to earn ...
In 1999, the Indiana General Assembly passed its first comprehensive accountability program for K-12 public education. During the past 13 years, government at the state and federal levels has ...
The Florida Senate passed a large education package Thursday that would reduce the impact of standardized testing when it comes to graduation requirements. The legislation, sponsored by Tallahassee ...
AUSTIN, Texas (KBTX) - The Texas House voted 143-1 this week to approve House Bill 4, a sweeping measure that would fundamentally restructure the state’s standardized testing system by phasing out ...
Texas has been tweaking and twisting its standardized testing system since it was first introduced in 1979, continuously looking for the best way to judge students’ capacity to learn, teachers’ ...
September 4 Update: In a second special legislative session, Texas lawmakers sent House Bill 8 to the governor’s desk. HB 8 is similar to the legislation that was proposed in the first special session ...
The school year is winding down, but one faction within the world of education is ratcheting up: the anti-testing movement. More parents are pulling their kids out of end-of-year math and literacy ...
True execution is the byproduct of engineering accountability and clear decision rights into a dynamic system that makes high ...