testing and accountability

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

by Patrick Michels

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

Seliger Looks to Reduce Importance of High-Stakes Tests

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

by Patrick Michels

Leticia Van de Putte

Senate Passes Bill Cutting High School Tests, Creating New Diploma Paths

Dan Patrick Defends Plan to Scale Back Testing

by Patrick Michels

House Approves Major Bill Cutting Testing, Adding Career Focus to Degree Plans

Debate on School Testing Bill Heats Up Over College Readiness

by Patrick Michels

Deshotel Bill Would Scrap Testing As Graduation Requirement

Jeb Bush Regales Senators with Reform Ideas, Old-School Testing Enthusiasm

Photos from the Save Texas Schools Rally

by Patrick Michels and Beth Cortez-Neavel

Parents, Teachers, Students Rally for More School Funding and Less Testing

by Beth Cortez-Neavel

Testing the Limits: A Texas Mother’s Radical Revolt Against Standardized Tests

by Patrick Michels