Significant changes have recently been made to the current testing system in Texas public high schools by eliminating the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) tests and replacing them with a series of end-of-course exams. Well-designed and rigorous end-of-course exams can be a better way to assess student knowledge and raise student achievement.
Texas, Bluebonnet Learning Shows Success in Education is Possible
America is in the midst of an education collapse. Declining literacy rates. Falling math scores. Shortened attention spans. And a growing uncertainty is emerging: What should we do? But in Texas, Bluebonnet Learning provides common sense curriculum, serious structure, and a reverence for the Western tradition by giving students a clear sense of what is...