Texas moves one step closer to adopting a new, more rigorous teacher certification examThe State Board of Education must still approve use of the Educative Teacher Performance Assessment, which was dropped by two states that had adopted it.
Facing a teacher shortage, Texas considers a more rigorous teacher certification examTwo states have dropped the Educative Teacher Performance Assessment, and three others passed on it or want it gone.
Amid a teacher shortage, some Texas educators are losing their licenses for quitting during the school yearThe policy sidelines educators, often for two school years, at a time when districts are already struggling to keep teachers in the classrooms.
