75¢ THE BROWNFIELD NEWS (USPS 067-8 067-880) 067-88 www.brownfieldonline.com 10 PAGES PLUS SUPPLEMENT VOLUME 110, NO 37 SUNDAY, MAY 7, 2017 House: Find Saturday’s election results brownfieldonline.com Fewer facebook.com/brownfieldnews twitter.com...
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75¢ THE BROWNFIELD NEWS (USPS 067-8 067-880) 067-88 www.brownfieldonline.com 10 PAGES PLUS SUPPLEMENT VOLUME 110, NO 37 SUNDAY, MAY 7, 2017 House: Find Saturday’s election results brownfieldonline.com Fewer facebook.com/brownfieldnews twitter.com @bnewsbrian INSIDE STAAR tests coming Texas students would have to take fewer Little League.........Page 7 STAAR tests under a measure overwhelmingly passed by the House on Wednesday night. The move is part of growing efforts aimed at significantly rolling back the state’s reliance on standardized testing. This week, the chamber also approved changes to accountability measures that limit STAAR tests to no more than 50 percent of grades for schools. Rep. Gary VanDeaver, R-New Boston, said his bill was designed to address concerns that Texas is overtesting its kids. The legislation, which received only one “no” Hundreds of Brownfield residents filled the Brownfield Middle School Auditorium Thursday vote, would significantly scale back the number
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