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HISD Joins Anti-High Stakes Testing Movement

(Ericka Mellon, Houston Chronicle) Houston ISD has joined some 445 other Texas school districts in adopting a resolution that calls on state lawmakers to decrease the emphasis on high-stakes standardized testing. The Houston school board, which represents the state’s largest district, voted unanimously Thursday to approve the resolution — continuing a groundswell of anti-testing sentiment …

HISD Joins Anti-High Stakes Testing Movement”