Houston Federation of Teachers Decries Limited Testing Exemption Post-Harvey

Houston Federation of Teachers Decries Limited Testing Exemption Post-Harvey  

HOUSTON—Four Houston schools that faced extensive periods of missed classroom instruction time and served displaced families as a result of Hurricane Harvey will not be issued reprieves from testing sanctions, announced Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath on Wednesday. HFT President Zeph Capo released the following statement in response: “HFT members are disappointed that the Texas Education Agency has left four schools behind in its testing reprieve, and that those schools are centered in Houston’s low-income neighborhoods, […]