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

If you are having difficulty scheduling your Placement Test, please contact the UNG Testing Office. If you are required to take more than one subject area test, the order in which they are ...

also known as STAAR. The following questions were taken from a recent Grade 5 Mathematics practice test, along with the ...

The district saw a decline in early childhood reading and math performance alongside improvements to college, career and ...

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 ...

The SATs Reading paper tests your skills ... interactive activities will help to refresh your knowledge. You can also practice and revise for the KS2 English SATs Grammar, punctuation, spelling ...

It’s about time. STAAR tests have been used to measure student achievement for four years. The performance standards were scheduled to be moved up two years ago, but Williams has been holding ...

Looking at the percentages of students who passed and failed state tests, trustee Dawn Miller said the numbers were unacceptable. Administrators noted that the STAAR was redesigned and was given ...

The spokesperson also noted that speaking and writing are by nature more challenging than listening and reading. [Texas will use computers to grade written answers on this year’s STAAR tests ...

“The STAAR redesign and accountability ... Like, can they do reading and writing? Do they have good math skills? Standardized tests do capture that. So, families will ask, ‘I had my heart ...