And it doesn't seem to have been a pleasant meeting:
There is a growing frustration among parents and educators — and
apparently legislators — with the new State of Texas Assessments of
Academic Readiness, known as STAAR. Many say the sheer volume of
high-stakes tests and how those tests affect students have become hugely
problematic.
"The only people that are being hurt this school
year are children," said Wanda Bamberg, the superintendent of the Aldine
Independent School District.
Superintendents from across the
state testified that the number of high school dropouts could skyrocket
in the coming years because almost three-quarters of the students who
failed the exams this spring were already considered at risk of dropping
out.
File this under oversight, among other things.
