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testing and accountability

STAAR Stars: The Best of This Year’s Get-Amped-for-the-Test Videos

by Patrick Michels

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Enough is Enough: Texas Lawmakers Consider More Limits to Standardized Testing

by John Savage

Seliger Looks to Reduce Importance of High-Stakes Tests

by John Savage

Lege Takes Up Testing—Another Year Older and Not Much Wiser

by Patrick Michels

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott Apr 14, 2014

The Latest Fad in Education Reform: Testing 4-Year-Olds

Greg Abbott's plan would bring Texas in line with federal policy and big business plans.

by Patrick Michels

Alongside other test reform demonstrators outside the State Capitol, Chamness carries the only sign urging all-out boycott. Mar 27, 2014

Updated: Texas’ Testing Opt-Out Movement Grows to a ‘Trickle’

by Patrick Michels

El Paso ISD School Board Nov 26, 2013

Texas Should Do More to Catch Cheating Schools, Feds Say

La Joya ISD singled out for problems with test administration

by Patrick Michels

Inside this month's print issue

Editor’s Letter: Introducing Our May/June 2025 Issue

A note from the editor-in-chief

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El Paso's Bowie High School Sep 27, 2013

Sins of Omission: One Little-Known Way Schools Can Cheat the System

by Patrick Michels

Texas Education Commissioner Michael Williams Sep 06, 2013

Cheaters Beware: TEA Says It’s Ready to Catch You Now. For Real, This Time.

by Patrick Michels

El Paso ISD School Board Aug 14, 2013

El Paso ISD-Style Cheating Concerns Spread to More Border School Districts

by Patrick Michels

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Gov. Rick Perry signs House Bill 5 Jun 10, 2013

Perry Signs Bill Cutting School Testing, Ending Veto Speculation

by Patrick Michels

Legislature Passes Major Testing Reform and Charter School Bills

by Patrick Michels

Committee Considers Reducing Elementary, Middle School Testing

by Liz Farmer

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