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What testing policies were ignored when Houston-based cheating scheme allowed educators to slip through the cracks
Read full article: What testing policies were ignored when Houston-based cheating scheme allowed educators to slip through the cracksDozens of questions remain unanswered over a Houston-based cheating scandal involving hundreds of unqualified teachers getting certified; one of them is what policies were put in place? And what was ignored?
‘It doesn’t feel real’: Strangers help dog missing for nearly a year reunite with Houston-area family
Read full article: ‘It doesn’t feel real’: Strangers help dog missing for nearly a year reunite with Houston-area familyA chihuahua-terrier mix missing since February has finally found his way home.
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Texas hires two companies to run STAAR, moving toward statewide online testing
Read full article: Texas hires two companies to run STAAR, moving toward statewide online testingIt will also continue work on an existing testing contract through August. The two companies will take over from Educational Testing Service, or ETS, which has had the bulk of the state's testing contract since 2016. Texas students grades 3-12 take the STAAR assessments, which often determine whether they can graduate or move up to the next grade. Currently, just 20% of Texas students take the STAAR online, many of them students with disabilities and those learning English, according to Cambium's contract. As ETS' contract was set to end in 2019, Texas chose to extend ETS' contract through Aug. 31.