Lehighton Area School District’s board of directors approved a $23,005 expenditure Monday for MAP Growth, an assessment system designed to track student progress and inform instruction. The cost, dist ...

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A Texas school district has joined calls for more "holistic" accountability by urging Gov. Greg Abbott to call a special session on abolishing the STAAR.

Vector control officials announced Wednesday their first positive mosquito sample test for West Nile virus in the Sacramento area this season.

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The bill would have replaced the STAAR test with three shorter tests, but House and Senate lawmakers seem unable to reconcile differences.

The Texas House and Senate were each pushing plans to overhaul the exams for Texas students, but couldn't agree on a final version.

From empanadas to plantains to pulled pork to bruschetta to (yes) mac and cheese, students tried foods that could soon be part of their school menus.

The STAAR’s technical documents suggest that the test is designed much like a norm-referenced test – that is, assessing students relative to their peers, rather than if they meet a fixed standard.