The state-mandated Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills will be replaced with end-of-course exams in the four core subjects in grades 9-12 beginning with the 2007-08 school year. The Texas Legislature recently passed Senate Bill 1031 and has sent it to Gov. Rick Perry to be signed. “It’s a better system to go to end-of-course testing,” said Ronnie Thompson, executive director for school improvement for Texarkana Independent School District. “The end-of-year courses are more aligned with the curriculum and what the students are receiving as far as instruction goe...

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