By Lew K. Cohn
Managing Editor
The Highlander
State Rep. Terry Wilson of Marble Falls is a co-sponsor of a bill that would eliminate reliance upon standardized testing to evaluating teachers while reducing the importance of standardized testing in school accountability.
House Bill 1333, authored by Jason Isaac, R-Dripping Springs, has also received support from 28 other legislators on both sides of the aisle, showing clear bi-partisan support for revamping of the state's school accountability system.
The bill calls for giving school districts the choice of which standardized testing platform to use, whether State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness (STAAR) or any other standardized test which complies with the Texas Esssential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) that are set by the Texas Education Agency.
