Texas State Teachers Association Urges State to Cancel STAAR Testing This Year
March 17, 2020
March 17, 2020
AUSTIN, Texas, March 17 -- The Texas State Teachers Association issued the following news release:
The Texas State Teachers Association urged Gov. Greg Abbott and Education Commissioner Mike Morath to seek a waiver from federal testing requirements and cancel STAAR testing this spring as schools plan closures and take other emergency steps to deal with the coronavirus outbreak.
"We don't know how critical this health emergency will become in Texas, how many familie . . .
The Texas State Teachers Association urged Gov. Greg Abbott and Education Commissioner Mike Morath to seek a waiver from federal testing requirements and cancel STAAR testing this spring as schools plan closures and take other emergency steps to deal with the coronavirus outbreak.
"We don't know how critical this health emergency will become in Texas, how many familie . . .