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Texas teachers, parents fear STAAR overhaul won’t take testing pressure off kids

Skeptics of the replacement, which requires three exams throughout the year, want to see less restrictions on testing day and ...

Tri-City state test scores aren’t budging. Some say they need ‘major movement’

The needle didn’t budge much. About two-thirds of tested Tri-City students showed grade-level comprehension or higher in English language. On math, more than half tested at grade level or above.