I have blogged before about Texas and its need to test.  ''There's a test for that'' should replace ''Don't mess with Texas'' on billboards.  I came across another article about Texas and its testing.  The part that caught my attention was the amount of money being poured into this obsession with testing. Matt ...

Texas has had its share of headaches when it comes to testing.  Does anyone else remember the TECAT?  That was a test that every Texas teacher had to take to keep on trucking.  It was an absurd, expensive ordeal where teachers were treated like cattle because lawmakers weren't sure that they were educated enough ...

In an effort to increase state money flowing to universities, Rick Perry, the governor of Texas, has outlined a plan that ties funds to students graduating from college earlier and willing to pursue high demand engineering and computer degrees. The money, a net increase of $1.7 billion over two years for schools, also would be ...