Computers are now scoring Texas students’ STAAR essays.
The automated scoring engines — quietly rolled out in December — were “shown to be as accurate as human scorers.”
TEA officials did not provide information showing this result to @dallasnews:
https://t.co/7TP5RBWdvg
ICYMI: Texas AG @KenPaxtonTX will be in a Harris County district court Friday for a pre-trial hearing in his long-pending securities fraud case. Here's a preview: https://t.co/yao39aNI1O
(I'm staying in Houston for the weekend and will accept any restaurant recommendations)
Big 12 men’s hoops, writes my ex-@courierjournal colleague @ByPatForde, ‘is serving up bruises & road losses across 3 different time zones … There are howling fans and sassy pep bands and thumping sound systems creating feral atmospheres.’ https://t.co/IN1P26GmLx
BREAKING: The @tamusystem board of regents voted to END its contract with the Qatar Foundation, winding down the campus in the Middle East after 20 years. #txlege Story TK.
.@GaryVanDeaver direct-to-camera TV ad: "Last year I stopped a bill that would have handed out school vouchers — your tax dollars — to illegal immigrants." #HD1#txlege
In #SB4 lawsuit filing, TX says it has the constitutional right (Art. 1, Sec. 10, Cla. 3) to repel an invasion
The judge in this case is David Ezra. When TX used the invasion argument last year in border buoys case, Ezra outright rejected it and called it "breathtaking"
#txlege
In race for TX House seat being vacated by @FourPriceTX, Caroline Fairly, daughter of Amarillo businessman and GOP major donor Alex Fairly, is toeing the Abbott line on #Vouchers/#schoolchoice. Two rivals are less gung-ho. #txlege#txed https://t.co/NBBHmVT7WJ via @expressnews
New: The FBI arrested a Tennessee man, saying he threatened to shoot migrants at the U.S-Mexico border & told an undercover agent "we are being invaded"
His arrest came as Texas is clashing with the U.S. over state policies designed to deter illegal entry
https://t.co/nTidpn3vnQ
Paxton spokesperson Nick Maddux responds: "I didn’t know Ken Paxton was on the ballot in HD-21. It’s a bizarre and desperate ad. When you are running ads like this two weeks before early vote, it’s a clear sign the Speaker’s reelection is in trouble." #HD21#txlege
.@DadePhelan goes direct-to-camera about @KenPaxtonTX in a new reelection campaign ad, running on TV and digital.
"If Paxton will break an oath to his wife and God, why would he tell Trump — or you — the truth?" #HD21#txlege