NEWSTALK 860 » Texas State Board of Education http://ksfa860.com Fri, 17 May 2013 21:25:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Chamber of Commerce Calls for Testing Reform http://ksfa860.com/chamber-of-commerce-calls-for-testing-reform/ http://ksfa860.com/chamber-of-commerce-calls-for-testing-reform/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 17:00:15 +0000 Jim Bell http://ksfa860.com/?p=66002 The Lufkin/Angelina County Chamber of Commerce is the first Chamber in the state to send a board-approved resolution to Austin expressing serious concerns over what standardized testing is doing to Texas’ public schools, and to school students.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/chamber-of-commerce-calls-for-testing-reform/feed/ 0 via Flickr/albertogp123 School Officials: High Stakes Tests Failing Students http://ksfa860.com/school-officials-high-stakes-tests-failing-students/ http://ksfa860.com/school-officials-high-stakes-tests-failing-students/#comments Thu, 15 Mar 2012 16:14:38 +0000 Jim Bell http://ksfa860.com/?p=52891 A backlash is growing in Texas education circles against the emphasis on standardized testing that's required under the federal No Child Left Behind Law.   The rebellion started with parents and teachers, and now it has spread to principals and school district administrators in a number of Texas counties.

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