Senate Education committee to discuss testing
Date Posted: 4/14/2014 | Author: Jennifer Mitchell, CAE
The Senate Education committee has an interim hearing scheduled for Monday, April 14. Its agenda includes discussion of two interim charges related to student testing. The first charge covers the redesign of high school English EOC exams, issues related to the federally-mandated elimination of the STAAR Modified exam and the redesign of the STAAR Alternate assessment. The committee's second interim charge that will be discussed Monday is to monitor the implementation of last year's comprehensive testing and curriculum reform bill, House Bill 5. View the hearing live starting at 10 am via the web broadcast.
CONVERSATION
RECOMMENDED FOR YOU
02/06/2026
Teach the Vote’s Week in Review: Feb. 6, 2026
A special election runoff in Texas Senate (SD) 9 results in a dramatic party flip in a Republican stronghold.
02/06/2026
Congress finally unveils long-awaited education budget after another brief government shutdown
Texas schools are receiving short-term stability in key federal supports but no new fiscal capacity to address growing student needs, staffing challenges, or service mandates.
02/05/2026
How does the first round of Senate interim charges relate to public education?
Senate Finance will study lowering the homestead exemption age from 65 to 55, and Senate Education will study the influence of federal or state-designated hostile agents or their surrogates on public schools.