Video & Transcript Research : 'through-year assessment'
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TX
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- throughout the year. to complement the assessments that teachers give.
- MOI), and an end of year assessment built as a progress monitoring system.
- , middle of year, and end of year assessments will look like. ...testing system would look like.
- You mentioned basically through your growth and the beginning of the year, the end of the year growth
- To the system, these include the beginning of year, middle of year, and end of year assessments, where
Bills:
HB8
Keywords:
HB 8, Texas public school accountability, school accountability, public school transparency, STAAR, state assessments, instructionally supportive assessment program, Student Success Tool, Texas Education Agency, TEA, accountability ratings, A-F ratings, through-year assessment, benchmark testing, norm-referenced assessment, college career military readiness, CCMR, local accountability plan, school district performance, campus turnaround
TX
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- They are the state standards for the state assessment for the beginning of year and middle of year tests
- year assessments is normed, but their summative assessment is their state summative assessment that
- Mandatory beginning of year assessments tied to accountability are concerning.
- The fourth Monday of August is too late to start beginning-of-year assessments.
- Beginning and middle of year assessments align to TEKS. HB 8 helps educators and families.
Bills:
HB8
Keywords:
HB 8, Texas public school accountability, school accountability, public school transparency, STAAR, state assessments, instructionally supportive assessment program, Student Success Tool, Texas Education Agency, TEA, accountability ratings, A-F ratings, through-year assessment, benchmark testing, norm-referenced assessment, college career military readiness, CCMR, local accountability plan, school district performance, campus turnaround
TX
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- Additionally, HB 8 improves the end-of-year assessment by developing a new shorter standards-based assessment
- throughout the year to complement the assessments that—” “teachers give.
- or MOY, or end-of-year assessment built as a progress-monitoring system.
- You mentioned, uh, basically through your growth and or beginning of the year, the end of the year growth
- I 269 You mentioned, basically through your growth and or beginning-of-the-year, the end-of-the-year
Bills:
HB8
Keywords:
HB 8, Texas public school accountability, school accountability, public school transparency, STAAR, state assessments, instructionally supportive assessment program, Student Success Tool, Texas Education Agency, TEA, accountability ratings, A-F ratings, through-year assessment, benchmark testing, norm-referenced assessment, college career military readiness, CCMR, local accountability plan, school district performance, campus turnaround
Summary:
The House Committee on Public Education met to hear House Bill 8, which would replace STAAR with a new assessment and accountability system beginning in the 2027-28 school year. The chair described the bill as reducing testing time, limiting benchmark tests, adding beginning-, middle-, and end-of-year assessments, requiring faster score turnaround, involving Texas teachers in test development, and tightening accountability timelines and transparency rules. Members also discussed provisions on A-F ratings, cut scores, CCMR, local accountability plans, and TEA reporting requirements.
Committee members and invited witnesses split sharply on the bill’s approach. Supporters, including the chair, TEA Commissioner Mike Morath, and Ed Trust’s Nicholas Munyon Penny, argued the bill would reduce high-stakes pressure, provide quicker and more actionable data, limit over-testing, and better align assessments to Texas standards while preserving criterion-referenced accountability. They said the new system would help teachers and parents intervene sooner and would improve transparency, including parent access to student responses and automatic rescoring in some writing cases.
Opponents, including Rep. Hinojosa and student witness Ella Moran, argued the bill still increases testing and replaces one high-stakes test with multiple TEA-created tests. Moran testified that STAAR creates anxiety, disrupts instruction, and does not reflect real learning, while Hinojosa said the House had previously passed a better bill based on a nationally norm-referenced model and criticized the new proposal as a concession to the Senate. Questions also focused on AI scoring of writing, rescoring rates, and whether the bill’s new accountability rules would be reliable and fair. The committee did not take a final vote during the portion provided, but the chair said a vote on HB 8 would be called after public testimony later in the day.
TX
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- The rollback rate had not been changed in 30 years. 38 years prior to that, we had a complete overhaul
- for 20 years.
- During my six years...
- We were able to do it ourselves because of what we had been doing through the years.
- All those saw year-over-year growth of 10%.
Keywords:
property tax, ad valorem tax, voter-approval tax rate, no-new-revenue tax rate, tax rate calculation, Tax Code, local government finance, municipality, county, special taxing unit, sales and use tax, property tax cap, tax rollback, tax levy, maintenance and operations, debt rate, disaster relief rate, Texas Legislature, local taxing unit, school assessment
TX
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- You know, we didn't need this 20 years ago.
- Montgomery County, two years ago, we filed six murder cases. Last year, we filed 12.
- As they get in every year.
- And the same thing happened when my 20-year-old grandson that's autistic, he's a man over three years
- First as year.
Keywords:
bail reform, defendants, pretrial detention, public safety, criminal justice, charitable bail organizations, criminal procedure, public safety report, victim notification, family violence, bail bonds, public funds, political subdivision, injunction, taxpayer rights, violent crimes, sexual offenses, community safety, constitutional amendment, trafficking
TX
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- Instead of looking at these people through the lens of prejudice, hatred, and fear, let's all seek to
- But under this resolution's categorical denial of bail, that same person would in- for months or years
- We're through with, uh, there's no more.
- This denial of freedom was predicated on falsehoods. and resulted in the loss of precious years of my
- 2021. 85 custody deaths in four years.
Keywords:
bail reform, defendants, pretrial detention, public safety, criminal justice, charitable bail organizations, criminal procedure, public safety report, victim notification, family violence, bail bonds, public funds, political subdivision, injunction, taxpayer rights, violent crimes, sexual offenses, community safety, constitutional amendment, trafficking
TX
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- , middle of the year, and end of the year test.
- In addition, uh, we sped up the rollout of incorporating the indicator measures through the year, uh,
- for the availability of optional beginning of the year and middle of the year assessment instructions
- So we're going to have a beginning of the year test, middle of the year test, and then end of year test
- , middle of the year assessments for those courses.
Keywords:
HB 8, Texas public school accountability, school accountability, public school transparency, STAAR, state assessments, instructionally supportive assessment program, Student Success Tool, Texas Education Agency, TEA, accountability ratings, A-F ratings, through-year assessment, benchmark testing, norm-referenced assessment, college career military readiness, CCMR, local accountability plan, school district performance, campus turnaround
TX
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- , middle of the year, and end of the year.
- optional beginning-of-the-year and middle-of-the-year assessment instruments, I'm sorry, for those courses
- So we're going to have a beginning-of-the-year test, a middle-of-the-year test, and then an end-of-year
- and middle-of-the-year assessments for those courses.
- And because obviously the beginning-of-year tests and middle-of-year tests are automated, yes, that whole
Keywords:
HB 8, Texas public school accountability, school accountability, public school transparency, STAAR, state assessments, instructionally supportive assessment program, Student Success Tool, Texas Education Agency, TEA, accountability ratings, A-F ratings, through-year assessment, benchmark testing, norm-referenced assessment, college career military readiness, CCMR, local accountability plan, school district performance, campus turnaround
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
89th Legislative Session - Second Called Session Aug 26th, 2025
Texas House Floor Meeting
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- House Bill 8 improves the end of year assessment by developing a new shorter standards-based assessment
- It also separates the writing assessment from the end of the year assessment so that the test is more
- For the end of the year for 5 through 8, let's look at 5 through 8.
- But here's where I think it's lost in this through-year assessment: when you have a student come in at
- Hinojosa: vendors for those beginning of the year and middle year assessments.
Keywords:
HB 8, Texas public school accountability, school accountability, public school transparency, STAAR, state assessments, instructionally supportive assessment program, Student Success Tool, Texas Education Agency, TEA, accountability ratings, A-F ratings, through-year assessment, benchmark testing, norm-referenced assessment, college career military readiness, CCMR, local accountability plan, school district performance, campus turnaround
TX
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- Uh, how much was collected on that tax at all last, last year or the year before?
- Accomplish most of this, you put 90% of the, um, surplus in there year after year after year, free school
- dragging with me for about 13 years.
- Um, restaurants in the first year of operating. 60% of restaurants fail, 60, 80% in year 2 to 5.
- Uh, and every year, uh, the taxes are more than the year before.
Keywords:
HB 8, Texas public school accountability, school accountability, public school transparency, STAAR, state assessments, instructionally supportive assessment program, Student Success Tool, Texas Education Agency, TEA, accountability ratings, A-F ratings, through-year assessment, benchmark testing, norm-referenced assessment, college career military readiness, CCMR, local accountability plan, school district performance, campus turnaround
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Senate Session (Part I)Receipt of House messages. Aug 21st, 2025
Texas Senate Floor Meeting
Keywords:
school assessment, public education, accountability, transparency, education standards, STAAR, Texas Education Agency, TEA, public school accountability, school ratings, A-F ratings, assessment reform, student testing, benchmark tests, interim assessments, through-year assessment, diagnostic reports, college career military readiness, CCMR, local accountability plans
Summary:
The Senate briefly convened and received a message from the House stating that the House was taking a vote. No bills, motions, or substantive policy matters were discussed in the exchange.
Pursuant to a previously adopted motion, the Senate then adjourned until 7 p.m. on Thursday, August 21.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
89th Legislative Session - Second Called Session Aug 26th, 2025
Texas House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- of shorter assessments throughout the school year to eliminate the high-stakes environment.
- House Bill 8 improves the end-of-year assessment by developing a new shorter... standards-based assessment
- It also separates the writing assessment from the end-of-year assessment so that the test is more consistent
- But here's where I think it's lost in this through-year assessment... that when you have a student come
- Year-through tests. That happens automatically. It happens organically.
Keywords:
HB 8, Texas public school accountability, school accountability, public school transparency, STAAR, state assessments, instructionally supportive assessment program, Student Success Tool, Texas Education Agency, TEA, accountability ratings, A-F ratings, through-year assessment, benchmark testing, norm-referenced assessment, college career military readiness, CCMR, local accountability plan, school district performance, campus turnaround
TX
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- How much was collected on that tax at all last year or the year before?
- Year after year after year, free school property taxes buy it down and they're gone in about eight years
- In year 2 to 5.
- Like I said, I've been dragging about 13 years. Years of equipment with me.
- And every year, the taxes are more than the year before.
Keywords:
HB 8, school finance, compressed tax rate, maximum compressed tax rate, MCR, PYMCR, property tax, school district taxes, Education Code, Tax Code, state aid, school funding formula, local school taxes, Texas school finance, tax rate compression, public education funding, ad valorem tax, tangible personal property, income-producing property, business personal property
TX
Keywords:
utility systems, Texas A&M, regents authority, construction, improvement, construction contracts, trust funds, property rights, mechanics lien, contractors, trustee liability, mechanic's lien, liability, attorney's fees, windstorm insurance, Texas Windstorm Insurance Association, insurance regulation, administrative penalties, coastal counties, catastrophe year
TX
Keywords:
utility systems, Texas A&M, regents authority, construction, improvement, construction contracts, trust funds, property rights, mechanics lien, contractors, trustee liability, mechanic's lien, liability, attorney's fees, windstorm insurance, Texas Windstorm Insurance Association, insurance regulation, administrative penalties, coastal counties, catastrophe year
TX
Keywords:
disaster relief, flood preparedness, emergency funding, local government support, meteorological forecasting, property tax, school funding, enrollment changes, inflation adjustment, tax rate notice, school assessment, public education, accountability, transparency, education standards, STAAR, Texas Education Agency, TEA, public school accountability, school ratings
TX
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- And I will tell you, in the 17 years I've been in this body—seven or eight years as senator and ten years
- Reform efforts for years since I've sat next to you.
- We went through kind of a series of questions.
- Years of neglect and complacency.
- ago, that was 10 years ago.
Keywords:
school assessment, public education, accountability, transparency, education standards, STAAR, Texas Education Agency, TEA, public school accountability, school ratings, A-F ratings, assessment reform, student testing, benchmark tests, interim assessments, through-year assessment, diagnostic reports, college career military readiness, CCMR, local accountability plans
TX
Keywords:
school assessment, public education, accountability, transparency, education standards, STAAR, Texas Education Agency, TEA, public school accountability, school ratings, A-F ratings, assessment reform, student testing, benchmark tests, interim assessments, through-year assessment, diagnostic reports, college career military readiness, CCMR, local accountability plans
TX
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- The grant money is going through the governor's office and your SB2 funds. These two bills.
- It's a combination of the elimination of the STAR test and the Texas A through F accountability system
- , replacing the STAR test with three other assessments.
- The beginning of the year, middle of the year, and end of the year testing also strengthens the Texas
- A through F accountability system.
Bills:
SB2, SB3, SB5, SB9, SB10, SB14, SB16, SB34, SB18, SB 2, SB 3, SB 5, SB 9, SB 10, SB 14, SB 16, SB 18, SB 34
Keywords:
flooding, public safety, outdoor warning sirens, disaster preparedness, emergency response, flood warning, outdoor sirens, local government, safety measures, flood management, emergency preparedness, municipal safety, disaster response, disaster relief, emergency funding, Meteorological forecasting, local government assistance, training facilities, hemp regulation, consumable products
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
House Standing Committee on Primary and Secondary Education (2-5-25) - part2
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- to once every three years.
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so opposed to once every three years so opposed to once every three years so - ...years. My husband's in his 28th year teaching.
- My wife is a 19th year teacher.
- My wife is a 19th-year teacher.
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Summary:
The committee took up House Bill 48, which would reduce the state-required formal observation cycle for tenured teachers from once every three years to once every five years, while preserving local district authority to conduct more frequent observations if they choose. Supporters argued the change would cut paperwork and time burdens on experienced teachers and principals, while still allowing districts to monitor performance and place teachers on improvement plans when needed. Members also discussed the bill’s separate provisions on school improvement plans, with clarification that CSI/TSI low-performing schools would still be required to maintain comprehensive improvement plans and receive additional support from KDE, and that the bill was not changing the evaluation system for those schools.
A second major topic was professional development and teacher induction/mentoring requirements. The bill would consolidate state-mandated PD requirements into a rotational schedule for tenured teachers, and members noted that teachers are already subject to federal and local PD obligations that the legislature cannot change. Several speakers emphasized that the bill was intended to reduce state-level mandates, not eliminate useful supports for new teachers, and one member raised concern that mandatory induction/mentoring could limit districts’ ability to use Title II funds; the response was that the program remains valuable and should be revisited with dedicated funding rather than discarded. There was also a brief question about suicide prevention hotline and Safe Haven Baby Box posting language, which was explained as existing statute consolidated into one place.
The committee then voted on the bill and it passed, with members offering brief explanations of support and noting frustration with recurring annual training requirements such as bloodborne pathogens. After the vote, members thanked the bill sponsors and educators who helped shape the legislation, and the chair announced weekly office hours in Room 367. The meeting ended with congratulations to the new K-12 chair and adjournment.