Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – Saying people are “fed up with testing,” State Representative Matt Krause has filed the ‘Student Testing and Assessment Reform Act,’ which would cut down on the number of standardized tests that aren’t federally required.
The bill would included doing away with writing tests in fourth and seventh grades and the social studies test required in eighth grade.
Krause told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, it would “let local school districts assess students in the way they feel is best.”
If passed, the bill, HR-2113, would also nix the test high-schoolers have to take and pass before they graduate, and it would go into effect next school year.
According to the Texas Education Agency, “STAAR tests are a series of standardized tests used to determine how much students have learned about various subjects in various grades. It includes math and reading tests for students in third through eighth grades, science in fifth and eighth grades, writing in fourth and seventh grades and social studies in eighth grade.”
(Copyright 2019 WBAP/KLIF 24/7 News. This report contains material from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
