The Texas House voted with near unanimous approval to pass HB4, which would replace the STAAR test with new forms of standardized testing for K-12 schools. This comes after the Texas Senate passed a similar,

State Representative Brooks Landgraf (R-Odessa) on Tuesday announced the Texas House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed House Bill 4, a significant reform to eliminate the STAAR exam and overhaul the state's public school accountability system.

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