State Representative Brooks Landgraf is once again filing a motion to eliminate the STAAR standardized test in public schools.

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AUSTIN, Texas — State Representative Brooks Landgraf (R-Odessa) has filed a new bill to scrap the STAAR Test from Texas ...

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Landgraf has sought to eliminate STAAR in previous legislative sessions as well. “We want to have a nationally more-referenced test,” said Landgraf.