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2. Texas State Board of Education approves Bible-infused ... - AOL

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   A majority of the Texas State Board of Education gave final approval Friday to a state-authored curriculum under intense scrutiny in recent months for its heavy inclusion of biblical teachings ...

3. Texas education officials approve optional school curriculum ...

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   Public schools in Texas now have the option to use a new, state-written curriculum infused with Bible stories after the state’s school board voted in favor of the material on Friday.. A slim ...

4. Texas Board of Education tentatively approves new curriculum ...

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   The controversy now coming to light is not so much that religion is discussed in public schools, but that the proposed material heavily focuses on Christianity.

5. Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills - Wikipedia

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   State-mandated standardized tests measure acquisition of specific knowledge and skills outlined in this curriculum. It is also used in international schools outside of Texas. The TEKS are taught to students and within the end of the year, they take a standardized test based on the TEKS called the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness.

6. Compulsory education - Wikipedia

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   From the 1st to the 12th grade, education is compulsory. Starting in the educational year of 2012–2013, an education reform took effect to bring the compulsory education up to the end of high school. The system is commonly referred to as 4+4+4. United States: 5–8: 16–19: Ages vary between states.

7. State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness - Wikipedia

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   In 2010, Texas Commissioner of Education Robert Scott announced the successor to the TAKS, STAAR. The STAAR had intensified rigorousness and end-of-course assessments, instead of a unified 9th, 10th, and 11th-grade Mathematics, ELA, Science, and Social Studies test. Therefore, one would take an Algebra I test in order to pass Algebra I, and so on.