AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas high school
students won't have to worry about new standardized testing known as
STAAR affecting their grades this year.
Robert Scott, head of the Texas Education
Agency, signed an order deferring a requirement that State of Texas
Assessments of Academic Readiness results count toward 15 percent of the
grades of some high school students in core subjects this year.
Scott's move came following public outcry
that poor performance on the test could make kids less attractive to
university admissions boards.
Education leaders in the Texas House and
Senate wrote to Scott recently, clarifying that he could delay
implementing the rule. It had been designed to ensure students take
STAAR seriously.
Lawmakers said waiting a year before STAAR impacts grades will give officials a chance to fully implement it.
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