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In 2023-24, teacher vacancies and problems implementing new curriculum affected Corpus Christi ISD student performance on state tests.

Significant changes to the STAAR test caused Ector County ISD’s scores to decline, along with the entire state’s scores. Those changes included new question types, testing format and scoring ...

BioAge Labs is eyeing a valuation of up to $639.7 million in its upsized initial public offering in the United States, the obesity drug developer said on Wednesday, in a sign of strong demand from ...

The tool uses two blood-based biomarkers and up to five clinical features to generate a risk score for prostate cancer aggressiveness.