Democrats say recent changes to a bill that would replace the STAAR test give too much power to the TEA and fall short of meaningfully easing the pressures of standardized testing.
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A Texas House panel on Thursday advanced a proposal to scrap STAAR, the end-of-the-year state standardized test, but not without some Democrats lamenting the changes the lower chamber made to reach an agreement with the Senate.
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Gov. Greg Abbott has directed state lawmakers to come up with a replacement for the STAAR test as part of the upcoming special session. It's unclear how that will address the problems critics have with the way standardized tests are used in Texas.
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Abbott wants an alternative means to gauge student progress and school accountability, not necessarily an end to standardized testing in Texas. For many critics, STAAR tests are a focus of resentment when low test scores in a single school are used to punish whole school districts.
Among the Houston area’s most populated school districts, many outperformed the state’s average STAAR test scores, but a few did not.
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Many of the Houston region's largest school districts performed better than the state average in terms of meeting grade level standards. Houston ISD, in its second year under state control, was a little ahead of the curve in most subjects tested.
Some Houston ISD parents who are boycotting the STAAR test say their children were presented with the standardized tests even though they had opted out of taking them.
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HISD says state law "requires that every eligible student participate in STAAR and that every district gives every eligible student an opportunity to take the STAAR test," while noting that about 100 students per year choose not to take the standardized test.
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