The Austin American Statesman recently reported about standardized testing in Texas. It was called, Rest state's testing system. It is the first bill to pass in either chamber since the beginning of the year. The unpopular testing reform had it to where standardized testing was going to count as 15 end of the course exams that would count as 15% of the students final grade. But, thank god it never took effect and now it never will.
"The House bill filed by Aycock, chairman of the House Public Education Committee, reduces the number of end-of-course tests required to graduate high school from 15 to five. The bill also, among other changes, ditches current school ratings based on test scores — exemplary, recognized, academically acceptable and academically unacceptable — for the familiar A to F letter grades."(Statesman. Editorial Board)
The legislation does propose for end the year exams to take place for 10th grade students. They will be taking reading, writing, history, algebra, and biology. Also, high school requires students to take 4 years of Algebra, Science, American History, and English, and they plan on changing it this coming session.
I agree with the state changing the standardized testing rules. There should not be a test that determines whether or not a student passes a grade and graduates. What if a student has excellent grades in their classes but has test anxiety when it comes to a huge test. It can break that student and make them fail a grade or lower their GPA to prevent them from going to their dream school. Students shouldn't be punished for the score that is received on a STARR test. Making students take more tests does not make the test scores better. High School students should be prepared for college and what to expect in the career world. Because outside of high school is not all exams.
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