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Stay Involved...Stay Active
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PTA is a grassroots organization
made up of parents, teachers and
others around the state who have a
special interest in children,
families and schools.
PTA membership is as diverse as
Texas
is in cultures, education levels and
parenting skills. PTA members are
part of the largest child-advocacy
organization in the state — over
650,000 strong across
Texas.
Friends hopes that this partnership
will further our mission of
promoting the positives and
strengthening the public's faith in
Texas public
schools.
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Rally at the Capitol in support of
public schools
Friends founders Scott and
Leslie Milder will speak at this
rally and spread the good word
about public schools.
When? 2–3 p.m. Saturday, May 13
Where? South steps of the
Capitol, Austin
For more information...
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New website dedicated to highlighting
Texas public
school successes
A new website being launched by
TEA will highlight successes
achieved by
Texas
public schools and those
connected with them.
“Because public schools deal
with our most precious treasures
– our children - we expect them
to be perfect. Consequently,
when they are less than perfect,
that news is spotlighted. But
everyday in the schools across
Texas,
thousands of good things are
happening. Students are
learning. Awards are won.
Students, and the educators and
staff who nurture them, are
growing stronger,” Commissioner
of Education Shirley J. Neeley
said.
“We dedicate this new website –
Our Schools, Our Stars – to
the quiet successes our school
community achieves everyday,”
she said.
See more...
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Passing rate rises on high-stakes
fifth-grade math TAKS
Eighty-one percent of
Texas
students passed the state’s
high-stakes fifth-grade
mathematics exam – a test they
must pass to be promoted to
sixth grade.
Passing rates for hurricane
evacuees continued to lag
significantly behind students
who did not have their school
year disrupted by hurricanes.
Results released today show that
only 45 percent of the 2,396
fifth- grade students who were
displaced by Hurricanes Rita or
Katrina passed the Texas
Assessment of Knowledge and
Skills (TAKS) math exam.
Overall, statewide results from
the April 4 math exam show that
239,673 of the 294,794 students
who took the test in English
passed the test. That passing
rate of 81 percent is a 2
percent increase over 2005
passing rates. If students
displaced by hurricanes are
excluded from the calculation,
the overall statewide passing
rate would have been 82 percent.
Read more...
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Make your vote count
Local elections coming up
Don't forget to vote in your
local school board and school
bond elections.
Many districts around the state
have called bond referendums and
have their school board
elections on May 13.
Contact your local county or
school district to see location
of early voting and election day
polling places.
Find out where to vote
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Rutherford B. Hayes, US President
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So is TAKS REALLY that hard?
We hear all the hoopla about the
TAKS test. Can it
really be
that hard?
Take the Exit Level TAKS tests for
yourself and see how well you fare.
We know high school has been a while
for most of us (do we even want to
count back?), but see for yourself
what is expected of 11th graders
now.
Here are a few samples...
The smell of an ammonia solution used to
clean a floor can quickly be detected
throughout a house. Scientists explain
this phenomenon by theorizing that gas
molecules from the ammonia are in
continuous random high-speed motion,
drifting rapidly and permeating the air.
Which statement best demonstrates the
strength of this theory?
A. Scientists have observed tiny smoke
particles moved by unseen particles in a
rapid, irregular fashion.
B. Scientists have unanimously agreed on
this theory since Thomas Graham’s
experiments in the 1820s.
C. The possibility of another theory
being formed to explain the phenomenon
as well is very remote.
D. Reason, as opposed to
experimentation, is superior to any
explanation found through chemical
testing.
Which of the following lists is in the
correct sequence?
A. Great Depression
Cold War
Gilded Age
World War I
B. World War I
Cold War
Great Depression
Gilded Age
C. Gilded Age
World War I
Great Depression
Cold War
D. Cold War
Great Depression
Gilded Age
World War I
What is the effect on the graph of the
equation y = x 2 + 1 when it is changed
to y = x 2 + 5?
F. The slope of the graph changes.
G. The curve translates in the positive
x direction.
H. The graph is congruent, and the
vertex of the graph moves up the y-axis.
J. The graph narrows.
Released TAKS tests...
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