It's smart to step back on STAAR

Austin American Stateman published on Monday February 20 ,2012 , Texas Education Commissioner Robert Scott was telling Florence Shapiro (Republican state senator) that when it comes to standardized testing the wrong people are being held accountable for  how the test scores are coming up low and that everyone should be  held responsible teachers, principals and school districts as well.Also that teachers are spending too much time on  preparing for the exams than actually teaching students what they need to learn to be successful in life and to graduate high school. Scott also argues that with the scores and mediocre performance that the over all school performance goes

uncorrected.Scott says that school officials over-prepare the students for the tests. He also says that test scores affect the schools performance which can ultimately decide if a school gets shut down for poor performance or stays open because of their passing rate.

This argument is directed toward teacher, parents, student,state representative, education commissioner and Texas education commissioner.

Robert Scott's was not please of this decision and  that is was not a good first step toward the Legislature. Which the legislature should take another good look how best to use standardized tests as learning tools when it meets next year.

As a parent I am not happy on how the testes in the schools are not  include in the grades that the student make through the school year and that  is just wrong. Now comes a new test named STAAR which will now impact their children's final grades, which I will make my voice heard at the next legislative session.