Key Texas lawmaker backs delaying STAAR grade requirements

AUSTIN -- The head of the Texas Senate Education Committee said Tuesday she supports postponing for a year requirements that new state standardized tests count toward 15 percent of high school students' grades so as to calm the fears of nervous kids and parents."I'm hoping that that's what's going to happen, because I realize there's a tremendous amount of angst out there," Sen. Florence Shapiro, Read More