There's no way to sugarcoat last year’s STAAR testing: It was chaos.
Computer glitches erased student answers. Delivery problems meant secure testing materials were sent to the wrong locations — including a church. Thousands of tests had to be re-scored. A lawsuit was filed. And results came back so late that the education commissioner ended up tossing the tests for fifth and eighth graders.
Now many are worried about how it will go next week when students begin taking the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, or STAAR.
Officials at the Texas Education Agency want to reassure parents and educators that revamped efforts and nearly $20 million in improvements will make this year run much more smoothly.
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