Recent Posts

(16) Our Public Information Request to Katy ISD Supt. Will Test District’s Resolve & Leadership on Academic Disclosure  April 29, 2024

(9) Advisory: Substantive Data Relaunch Columns Remain on Home Page Today; Will Use This Approach Giving New Readers Easy Access to Going Forward  April 21, 2024

(10) Do You Really Need to Be Effective Academic Advocates for Your Children at Their Campus Level? Hopefully Not; for Many Parents the Answer Is Absolutely YES  April 21, 2024

(11) Some Facts & Strategies to Help You Understand & Become More Effective Advocates – It Does Not ‘Just Happen’  April 21, 2024

(12) ELA & Math Screening/Diagnostic Tests Developed by Genuine Professionals Will Help You Better Understand Your Children’s Academic Strengths & Weaknesses  April 21, 2024

(13) Old Fashioned English Language Skills – Reading & Writing – De-emphasized in Public ED; But Still the Path to Academic & Professional Success  April 21, 2024

(14) Great Readers Read Effectively; It Pays Huge Educational & Professional Dividends Throughout Life  April 21, 2024

(1)TEA’s Race-Based ‘Smoking Gun’ Testing Performance Standards in Transition To TAKS Confirmed Grave Reservations of Critics  April 13, 2024

(2) AEA Goals for What Needs to Happen: Federal Judicial Takeover of TEA; Defeat or Radically Alter Abbott’s Corrupt Vouchers Scheme; Abolish Corrupt STAAR Testing; Impose Diagnostic Testing  April 12, 2024

(3) Tracking The Actual, Documented History of 3 Decades of TEA’s Dishonest Academic Corruption Harming Children Dominated by Children of Color  April 12, 2024

(4) Most Recent 2022-23 STAAR Results Confirm Manipulation of Grade Level Standards Won’t Cover Up Academic Tragedy Many Disadvantaged Children  April 12, 2024

(5) Using The Last Year (2018-19) Before COVID, Note Profound Achievement Gaps For At-Risk Kids in Grades 3-8 in 64 ISDs in Texas  April 12, 2024

(6) A More Comprehensive Look at Achievement Gaps from 2018-19 and 2021-22 Statewide, Every Region of Texas, & 30 Representative School Districts  April 12, 2024

(7) Will Katy ISD Superintendent & School Board Provide Student Performance Data That Tells The Whole Story? Not Yet!  April 12, 2024

(8): Here’s Context for Why the Data Published or Sought in the Columns Above Is Important to Understand What’s Happened!  March 22, 2024