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Following STAAR glitches, TEA gives students reprieve, fines company

Following STAAR glitches, TEA gives students reprieve, fines company

Austin American-Statesman--Following two high-profile testing disruptions in as many months, the Texas Education Agency won’t penalize certain students who didn’t pass the state standardized test this year.

The agency will also ask New Jersey-based Educational Testing Service, which administers the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, to pay $100,000 in liquidated damages for the testing problems. Read more.