The truth is that a state aligned norm-referenced test is a more rigorous accountability ... are committed to passing HB 4 into law, and this means that the concerns of educators and parents ...

STAAR and the A-F system are the results of changes to education that then-Gov. George W. Bush ushered through the Texas ...

House Bill 4, aimed at eliminating the STAAR test, would buy an additional year of turnaround time for three North Austin ...

It also means teachers and schools can be better ... making it harder to shift learning focuses or strategies. The new test would also be norm-referenced, meaning students would be compared ...

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The STAAR test is on its way out in Texas but at the cost of getting rid of Social Studies. Lots of people are talking both sides of this historic bill.

HB 4 would create a nationally norm-referenced test — comparing students' performance to one another rather than to a standard — and creates benchmark tests to measure academic growth ...

The House wants to grade Texas students by comparing their performance to their peers around the country in what is called a “norm-referenced test.” Proponents of this kind of test say it ...

AUSTIN, Texas — A Senate panel on Sunday approved its rewrite of the House bill that would scrap STAAR, the state standardized test widely criticized for taking instructional time away from ...

A Senate panel Friday unveiled its rewrite of the House bill that would scrap STAAR, the state standardized test widely criticized for taking instructional time away from teachers and putting ...

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