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Lawmakers failed to pass legislation on school vouchers or teacher raises this year, but they approved other education-related laws like an $800 million investment in high-quality instructional materials and new rules for students found vaping or using marijuana.
Copperas Cove ISD has released its 2023 STAAR results, which showed improvement in 18 of 20 tested areas.
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Test results have gone up since the pandemic in both subjects, but math scores are still below 2019 levels and about half of Texas students read below the level appropriate for most children in their grade.
Students outperformed state averages in every grade level and subject, excluding Spanish STAAR scores.
At first glance many of the STAAR test scores from year to year look similar, but there’s a big factor at play in STAAR this year. Last year's test was...