DALLAS (AP) — Texas high school students showed improvements on end-of-course standardized tests in biology and algebra, and posted strong passing rates on a history exam administered statewide for the first time but lagged in English, figures released Wednesday by the state education agency show.
The results for the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, or STAAR, also revealed that if the final standards for the exams were already in place, the passing rates in all subjects would only be about half.
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