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Ten caught cheating and stealing hamburgers

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Texas Senate OKs testing standards overhaul

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Elite colleges fail to lure top low-income grads

Most low-income students who have top test scores and grades do not even apply to the nation's best colleges, according to a new analysis of every high school student who took the SAT in a recent...

Texas to make most STAAR exams public in August

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Texas school district accused of discrimination

A Central Texas school district where a former principal gathered all of the black eighth-graders at one campus and blamed them for bad test scores is being visited next week by U.S. Department of...

Attendance 'scrubbing' tempts low-ranked schools

An added factor, Crow said, is that educators and policymakers are often at odds over the effectiveness of standardized tests and other performance measures.

Hagen plans bill that would encourage failing schools to improve

C., on Wednesday said that she'll introduce a bill in Congress next week that would reward high-poverty schools that improve their test scores and lower dropout rates.

Education Commissioner: Fewer STAAR exams coming

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Educator rejects plea deal in teacher testing case

The passing Praxis test scores were then used to help people get jobs as teachers.

Proposal would overhaul testing, graduation rules

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WASHINGTON: Teachers head: Don't link tests to evaluations yet

States often see test scores drop when schools start using those new standards.

Report Card: Video: Student music video gets kids excited about state exams

Students at the Smythe Academy of Arts and Sciences created a music video to get other kids...

State probes Burbank third grade cheating report

Burbank school officials say a third-grade teacher has been put on leave after a student...