AUSTIN (Nexstar) — The Texas House committee on public education advanced a plan that would eliminate the state’s current standardized test and replace it with a new type of testing that is designed ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — 529 College Savings Plans have strict guidelines on how the money can be used. However, this summer, a significant change occurred when lawmakers passed legislation. Now, 529 funds ...

Have you ever thought about where a business wants to go in the future? I used to wonder about that too. That’s what a vision statement explains. It’s the big goal a company hopes to reach someday. If ...

There’s a big difference between testing that measures what kids have learned and testing that simply ranks them against one another, Mary Lynn Pruneda writes, explaining the options to replace the ...

Eliminating STAAR testing on TX Legislature Special Session agenda Exam was almost eliminated during regular session but there was no agreement Gov. Abbott wants STAAR replaced with effective tools to ...

A STAAR test booklet for seventh-grade math. State lawmakers are expected to consider a replacement for the test during this special session. / Texas Education Agency We have heard plenty of criticism ...

As the Texas Legislature gavels in for a special session, which begins today, its top priority should be responding to recent devastating floods in the Hill Country and Central Texas. Immediate ...

Few things rile up parents and educators like the STAAR test, that statewide assessment aimed to measure students, their campus, and their school district. Lawmakers return to Austin this month for a ...

Abstract: In software development, testing is critical in guaranteeing software quality, with test case design at the core of the testing phase. However, generating effective test cases requires deep ...

On the same day that Texas' top education department released its latest test scores, one North Texas school district called on Gov. Greg Abbott to push to abolish the state-mandated exams altogether.

An estimated 10,000 protesters gathered at Pioneer Park in downtown Salt Lake Saturday, and marched to the Wallace F. Bennet Federal Building at 125 South State Street. The protest had been peaceful ...