Texas Parents' Educational Rights Forum

So I was told that if my daughter fails 5th grade staar test that she can't join the band next year in middle school or even play and instrument, is this correct? I was about to copy some of the better answers from the Facebook page for the archive here, but I can no longer find the question. Did y...

Srcassey wrote: ↑Fri Feb 21, 2020 4:30 pm I have two kids in Garrison ISD and one kid in Chireno ISD/Nacogdoches County co-op.

Are you opting out or looking for people who have done so in the past?

beth.humphus wrote: ↑Fri Feb 21, 2020 8:00 am Anyone else in Venus ISD? This is our first year. Hoping to make some connections with other parents in my area.

In the TTAAS group Jennifer Newsome Anderson posted that she was in Venus ISD. I do not know if she opted out, but you may want to send her a PM.

You can certainly change that to assessments if you wish. The fact that the STAAR is an assessment is something that arises by virtue of the law and the name the legislature gives it, and not by what a school or parent in a letter decides to call it. But for purposes of consistence, there is nothing...

Put all questions here if you are trying to locate someone who has opted out on your district.

This seems to be working. Try attaching documents now in a reply.

Absolutely, the IEP should specifically provide that promotion will be determined by progress toward goals and not by performance on standardized assessments (STAAR). This is not a big deal in 3rd grade, but get the language in there now so in so called SSI grades (5 and 8) it is already there and y...

Isn’t this the rule that just recently changed that states you don’t have to fail an EOC in order to use the TSI as a substitute score? No. The Education Code has specific requirements to substitute the TSI. The new rule (which we prevented from BEING CHANGED) unfortunately does not and cannot alte...

Maria, Thanks for posting here. The best summary I have is this: Other than grades 5 and 8, promotion is based on grades without regard to STAAR. In Grades 5 and 8, students who do not take or pass STAAR are promoted based on grades by what is called the Grade Placement Committee. Usually between 90...

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