Despite the increasingly tough standards students in public schools are facing, Austin students are continuing to excel. According to a recent article in the Statesman, students in nearly every grade showed improvement on their statewide standardized testing for the year.
The test, which is called the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills, is given each year to all students in third grade through eleventh grade. The exam covers math, reading, science, social studies, and writing and is meant to help measure student achievement from year to year. In addition, in order to pass on to the next grade level, third graders have to pass the reading portion of the test. Similarly, fifth graders and eighth graders have to pass the math and the reading
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