Gov. Greg Abbott announced that grade promotion requirements for the test for grades 5-8 would be waived for the 2020-2021 school year.

Gov. Greg Abbott announced that grade promotion requirements for the test for grades 5-8 would be waived for the 2020-2021 school year.
Abbott is also requesting the suspension of federal testing requirements for 2019-2020 school year.
For more than a year we’ve been calling for a moratorium on the statewide testing system on the basis that those dollars could be better spent educating kids. Now we found out that the test may be "virtually useless." It's time to seriously re-think what we mean by...