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Thursday, May 09, 2013  The heat is on in classrooms across Texas with students under pressure to take those all important STAAR tests.

Thursday, May 09, 2013  The heat is on in classrooms across the state, with students under pressure to take those all important STAAR tests.

Wednesday, November 14, 2012  The classroom, a special place where children learn everything from how to spell their own name, to how to function in society.

Saturday, June 09, 2012  If the final standards were already in place, more than half of Texas high school freshmen would have failed the new, more rigorous end-of-course standardized tests in five key areas.

Thursday, May 17, 2012  More than 400 school districts across the Lone Star State are calling upon the state legislature to re-examine the way students are tested.

Tuesday, March 27, 2012  Dozens of Valley teachers and advocates took part in a rally this weekend in Austin. They are demanding legislators to restore the funding cuts to education or else face their wrath at the polls.

Monday, March 26, 2012  Students focused on STAAR tests this week.

Sunday, February 19, 2012  The Texas Education Commissioner bowed to pressure from state lawmakers, including some from the Valley, to delay a requirement that would make the new STAAR test 15 percent of a student's overall grade in core classes.