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the End of Course STAAR exams in 9th grade.
About 65% of all high school Freshman did not pass the English Writing portion (1 of 5 End of Course Exams) of the STAAR. A few months earlier, about March the Commissioner of Education who is the head of the Texas Education Agency placed a stay or put a one year stop to this law. If he had not put a stop to the TX Legislative Bill in place, it would have meant that about 65% of all TX freshman would have to take the English I course again in the next semester. In other words the new law would deni the CREDIT for English I. This summer many 9th graders took an enrichment English class before taking the writing portion of STAAR over. Some did not pass the English I Reading part also. Some did not pass the Math, or Science or Social Studies STAAR either and will have to take the test again.
This new commissioner will have to deal with the full implementation of the Bill by the end of the 2012-13 school year. And the Sophomore STAAR End of Course Exams will be added this Spring. I can see where kids will be starting to really get behind.
There again, most school districts in Texas have a law suite against the State for under funding the schools. Looks to me like we are going to need a 5th year of high school. In 2013-14 the Junior STAAR is added. 2014-15 Senior STAAR added.
It seems to me like the children will be targeted for a computer privatization tutorial. Business will profit off of failure of our children.
How horrible is the TEA TX Legislature? I am voting against this extremism this November.
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