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STAAR Tests Next Week – Is Your Child Ready?

STAAR Tests Next Week – Is Your Child Ready?

HISD, Standardized Tests April 17, 2015 at 2:30 pm

A large portion of the STAAR tests, which are mandated for public school students in grades 3-12, will be administered next week for the elementary and middle school levels. Students in grades 3-8 will be tested in math. Students in grades 3-4 and 6-7 will be tested in reading, andRead More

HISD STAAR performance may show slight improvements

HISD STAAR performance may show slight improvements

Education News, HISD June 18, 2014 at 4:14 pm

The Houston Independent School District (HISD) posted mixed results on the latest standardized test results. According to a district press release, HISD tended to show more improvements on the math sections of the State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness (STAAR) test, particularly for grades 3 through 8. Scores on theRead More

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HISD dismisses five more teachers in test-cheating probe

Education News, HISD, Houston Schools May 9, 2014 at 12:40 pm

A cheating scandal at two Houston Independent School District Elementary School deepened on Thursday, May 8, as the HISD Board of Education terminated five teachers from Jefferson Elementary School accused of “improperly assisting” students on statewide standardized tests, including the State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness. The five dismissalsRead More

Alternatives to STAAR-based assessments discussed

Alternatives to STAAR-based assessments discussed

Education News October 26, 2013 at 3:59 pm

On October 17th, twenty-three school districts participating in the Texas High Performance Schools Consortium met to discuss alternatives to existing evaluation systems which consortium-members claim are too dependent on results from the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) test.  The STAAR test is an annual assessment for TexasRead More