Senate votes to reduce testing for top students

Source: educationblog.d Posted By: Mitch K...3998 days ago

Continuing a move toward reduced testing in Texas schools, the Senate on Tuesday night approved a bill that would exempt high-performing students from reading and math tests in the fourth, sixth and eighth grades. The measure by Sen. Kel Seliger, R-Amarillo, would affect thousands of students in elementary and middle schools, but the precise number would be left up to the commissioner of education.

Seliger said a waiver would have to be approved by the U.S. Department of Education because the....

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