May 24, 2018      4:43 PM

Attorney suing state over length of tests calls ed commissioner testimony "evasive"

A testy exchange between the agency and the Public Ed Chair: “I think this year we’ve had what would be comparable to any other state with the tests online. It doesn’t excuse what happened…”; “So, the short answer is yes,” Huberty replied

The results of students who were subject to a timing-related snafu during this year’s administration of the STAAR will not be counted against school ratings this fall.

Commissioner Mike Morath told the House Public Education Committee informed lawmakers before sending out the announcement today. The Texas Education Agency estimates that up to 29,000 students taking the STAAR online, mostly special education students, had a lengthy mid-test delay as a subcontractor attempted to “fix a bug” with its online technology.

That would mean, three years into a four-year contract, ETS has had test administration glitches twice, Chair Rep. Dan Huberty, R-Kingwood, pointed out. Or as Huberty put it, out of three years of test administration, ETS had “screwed up twice, right?”

By Kimberly Reeves

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