Texas Education Agency: Optional Beginning-of-Year Assessments Data Help Quantify Initial Impact of COVID-19 on Texas Students
January 15, 2021
January 15, 2021
AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 15 -- The Texas Education Agency issued the following news release:
After the cancellation of the end of school year 2019-20 State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR(R)) tests due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Texas Education Agency (TEA) offered optional beginning-of-year (BOY) assessments so schools across the state could measure how well students learned the prior grade-level's knowledge and skills. With that information, schools and teachers co . . .
After the cancellation of the end of school year 2019-20 State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR(R)) tests due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Texas Education Agency (TEA) offered optional beginning-of-year (BOY) assessments so schools across the state could measure how well students learned the prior grade-level's knowledge and skills. With that information, schools and teachers co . . .