Tennessee third- and fourth-graders will spend less time testing for science and social studies and more time on reading assessments, the state Department of Education announced Wednesday. "There will ...
Chicago Sun-Times: CPS to consider science, social studies marks instead of standardized tests for advancing to the next grade
CPS to consider science, social studies marks instead of standardized tests for advancing to the next grade
STAAR, the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, are the standardized tests Texas students take at the end of the school year starting in third grade. The tests measure how much each ...
KHOU 11: Texas State Board of Education considers mandatory reading lists, social studies curriculum
Texas State Board of Education considers mandatory reading lists, social studies curriculum
Dallas Morning News: Texas education officials pushed to delay new social studies standards. Here are the issues
Dozens of parents, students and teachers asked the State Board of Education to pause its process for overhauling the state’s standards for social studies ahead of a vote on proposed revisions that ...
Texas education officials pushed to delay new social studies standards. Here are the issues
Dallas Morning News: Social studies work group members urge State Board of Education not to rush process
Several members of a work group tasked with revising Texas' standards for social studies asked the State Board of Education on Wednesday to slow that process down to give them more time to deliberate.
Social studies work group members urge State Board of Education not to rush process