Curriculum is all TAAS-driven. SAT scores are suffering because kids are not learning curriculum, only how to take the test. Consultants are getting rich on TAAS strategy programs. Dyslexic student could not pass reading because they could not read the test to them. All special ed kids are tested.
District has non-English but kids are French and Arabic.
Math test can be read to kids with reading problems. So math scores may be higher than reading because can't read the reading test to them. 3 rd grade math is low because they can't read that well. No one says their district encourages them to stay home. Some parents object to test and keep their kids home on their own because of objections to test.