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Abbott waives STAAR requirements for promotions of 5th graders, 8th graders
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“STAAR testing will still be wasteful and stressful at a time when teachers, students and their parents are stressed out enough over a deadly pandemic.”Jeremy Blackman covers health and politics out of the Chronicle’s Austin bureau.
Gov. Jeremy Blackman July 27, 2020 Updated: July 27, 2020 5:23 p.m. Facebook Twitter Email LinkedIn Reddit Pinterest.
(Paul Buckowski / Times Union) Greg Abbott said Tuesday that the summer influx of coronavirus cases has continued a gradual decline, though testing and new infections do not meet benchmarks set by public health experts as schools begin reopening across much of the state.Speaking during a visit to Jefferson County, the Republican governor acknowledged that areas along the Gulf Coast are still experiencing excessive hospitalization rates from the pandemic, and said the trends will have to improve considerably before statewide restrictions on bars and other businesses are lifted.While COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations have fallen in recent weeks from peaks in June and July, the state is still reporting much higher totals than it did early in the pandemic.
Jeremy Blackman Aug. 11, 2020 Updated: Aug. 11, 2020 2:58 p.m. Facebook Twitter Email LinkedIn Reddit Pinterest. Gov. And daily testing has dropped by nearly half since late July, likely contributing to a recent spike in the rate of Texans testing positive for the virus; on Monday it jumped to just below 21 percent, a record high.“We have to remain vigilant to slow the spread of COVID-19,” Abbott said.Some local officials have reported a drop in demand for testing.
Tests were restricted amid the surge to those with symptoms, but now are available again to asymptomatic people.Barry Bloom, a professor at Harvard University’s public health school, attributed the falling demand to a collective fatigue that has set in after months of navigating the pandemic.“What we have seen is a degree at every level of COVID fatigue that I don’t think anybody in the medical business had anticipated,” Bloom said. Berkeley.Gov. “And educators use this valuable information to make adjustments to support students the following year.”The Texas State Teachers Association on Monday asked Abbott to suspend all STAAR testing, as well as the A-F accountability ratings and other appraisals that are based on STAAR.“He didn’t go far enough,” said the group’s president, Olivia Molina, who called STAAR a distraction. 2 of 6 Barbershops, hair, nail, and tanning salons are added to the list of businesses that will open up this Friday, May 8, 2020, joining Retail stores, restaurants, and some movie theaters. Jeremy Blackman July 13, 2020 Updated: July 14, 2020 6:28 a.m. Facebook Twitter Email LinkedIn Reddit Pinterest.
The State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, commonly referred to as STAAR tests, have been administered in the state’s public schools since 2012. Many of those are going to nursing homes, among the environments where the virus has been most deadly.The governor, who is closely aligned with President Donald Trump, has not outlined a testing strategy for schools.
Abbott asks Texans to ‘remain vigilant’ as school resumes this month Back to Gallery. Greg Abbott announced Monday that students will be exempt from having to pass a standardized test to graduate from the fifth and eighth grades during the coming school year, saying students shouldn’t be penalized for any disruption from the pandemic.Students are required to pass the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, or STAAR to be promoted to the 6th and 9th grades; those who fail can retry or take an alternative assessment.“By waiving these promotion requirements, we are providing greater flexibility for students and teachers, while at the same time ensuring that Texas students continue to receive a great education — which we will continue to measure with high quality assessments,” he said in a statement.The state’s traditional A-F grading system for schools and school districts will remain in place, with some adjustments, Abbott said.Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath said the test will still provide important information for schools and families.“Parents deserve to know how well their children have learned grade level knowledge and skills in reading and math, especially in a time when education has been substantially disrupted,” he said in a statement.
Jeremy Blackman July 14, 2020 Updated: July 14, 2020 7:06 p.m. Facebook Twitter Email LinkedIn Reddit Pinterest. Greg Abbott holds up …
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