by TSA | Nov 19, 2020 | Submitted Comments
November 5, 2020 Mike Morath, Commissioner Texas Education Agency 1701 N. Congress Avenue Austin, TX 78701-1494 Re: Petition USDE for a 2020-2021 ESSA academic accountability waiver due to the COVID-19 pandemic Commissioner Morath, During the July and October 2020...
by TSA | Mar 16, 2020 | 86th Legislature, Submitted Comments
The Overview Last week, Texas Monthly published an article, Are Texas Kids Failing? Or Are the Tests Rigged? that sheds light on what many reading and literacy experts believe is the misalignment between the reading TEKS and reading STAAR tests. Texas is testing...
by TSA | Mar 16, 2020 | 86th Legislature
(Texas teachers’ assessments indicate students are performing on or above grade level. STAAR scores say thousands of students are reading below grade level. Two studies reveal that the written, taught, and tested curriculum standards are misaligned, and students are...
