https://freerepublic.com/tag/staarreadingtest/ en-us Sun, 3 Mar 2019 19:06:31 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3731872/posts Many teachers on social media are asking whether the STAAR test is too hard for kids after a popular article suggested many tests are between one to three grade levels too advanced. In a February article for Texas Monthly, author Mimi Swartz looked at two studies that ran STAAR reading tests through at least five "readability tests". One 2016 study, by the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, found most reading passages are one to three grade levels too high. The other study, done in 2012 by Texas A&M University-Commerce, found most STAAR reading tests they analyzed were at least two grade... KHOU11 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3731872/posts#comment Sun, 3 Mar 2019 19:06:31 GMT