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The Texas Department up about 40% of the state's infections in Texas soared new
of State Health Services population. White Texans to new highs in June and 10,791. On Sunday, that
is now counting deaths account for 35% of deaths early July, the rate of number was 5,810.
marked on death while Black Texans make deaths in Texas has been
certificates as caused by up 14% of deaths. Before accelerating. It took 53 athttps://www.texastribune.
COVID-19. Previously, the Monday, the state's racial days to get from the first
state relied on local and and ethnic breakdown of death to 1,000 deaths and
regional public health deaths had large gaps, 39 days to get from 1,000
departments to verify and with up to 18% of deaths to 2,000 deaths. On July an exceptional state,
report deaths.
Public health experts
have said for months that
the state’s official death to have died from the
toll is an undercount, coronavirus, according to
State health officials said the updated state figures,
Monday that the policy making up 60% of deaths,
change would improve the And about 180 deaths, or
spring, after students’ usual learning students fell behind due to org/2020/07/27/staar-texas-fifth-
the pandemic.
In the spring, the Trump
necessary to administration announced
high-quality it would not enforce federal
Students. Standardized testing Tribune's journalism.
school students
graduate and whether — which we will continue “We are glad the
whether fifth and eighth schools can remain open, to measure with high governor suspended the
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graders should advance to normaI circumstances, quality assessments,” promotion requirements
’--"h school students he said in a statement for fifth and eighth
who must pass five subject- Monday. graders that are tied to
perform poorly. They also specific standardized The latest decision to STAAR scores for the
‘ ’ 1 administering upcoming school year, but
calendar for the upcoming Abbott’s release did not the STAAR came days he didn’t go far enough,
school year.
Abbott also
Monday that schools and
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“albeit with certain testing
adjustments due to for
officials STAAR testing will still
a be wasteful and stressful
educators waiver on federal testing at a time when teachers,
districts would continue to and lawmakers from requirements next spring, students and their parents
receive A-F ratings based both parties have been Jim Blew, an assistant are stressed out enough
urging Abbott to call off secretary to Secretary of over a deadly pandemic,”
requirements Education Betsy DeVos, the group’s president,
due to for the upcoming told reporters at an Ovidia Molina, said in a
COVID-19.” The statement school year because of event Friday that testing statement.
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Texas students will still
have to take the STAAR
test next year, but fifth
and eighth grade students
will be able to move on
to the next grade even if
they fail, Gov. Greg Abbott
announced Monday.
State education officials
announced earlier this
summer that third
through 12th grade
students would take the
state standardized exams,
or STAAR, this upcoming
academic year. Normally,
fifth and eighth graders
must pass the STAAR in
order to move on to the
next grade, or else they
must retake it later that
year or over the summer.
But Abbott said that next
spring, the fifth and eighth
grade math and reading
exams would only be
administered one time, in
May.
Texas education officials
told school administrators
Monday that they would
have local discretion on
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mention waivers for those after federal
said students. said not to expect
Parents,
lawmakers
“By waiving these requirements for the 2019-
on promotion requirements, 20 school year because of
students’grades, academic we are providing greater the coronavirus,
information and teachers’ flexibility for students The
opinions. Student scores and teachers, while at the Teachers
on the STAAR also same time ensuring that criticized Abbott Monday
determine whether high Texas students continue to for not canceling the exam
can receive a great education next spring.
whether — which we will continue “We are
did not elaborate on those how the coronavirus provided many benefits,
adjustments. pandemic has interrupted including showing where
In the
school buildings began environment,
closing because of But Abbott said the
the pandemic, Abbott test was
gave school districts provide a
flexibility to decide on education for
State count of coronavirus deaths jumps 12%
after officials change how fatalities are tallied
accuracy and timeliness of 3% of the total, occurred 10, the state surpassed
their data. among Texans younger 3,000 deaths
Texas law requires than 40. About 2,000 people after 2,000 deaths were
months death certificates to be who died were 80 or older, reported. And it took only
undercounting filed within 10 days. making up the largest 10 more days for Texas to
coronavirus deaths, Texas’ “This method does not age bracket of COVID-19 reach 4,000 deaths.
formal tally of COVID-19 include deaths of people deaths. While Texas continues
fatalities grew by more who had COVID-19 but died The first death linked to report daily deaths
than 600 on Monday after of an unrelated cause,” the to the coronavirus in in the triple digits, the
state health officials Texas Department of State Texas occurred March 16 number of new daily cases
changed their method of Health Services said in a in Matagorda County. As seem to be stabilizing. In
reporting. news release. of Sunday, state officials the past week alone, state
The revised count Hispanic Texans are said about 5,030 people data appears to show new
indicates that more than overrepresented in the who tested positive for daily infections leveling
12% of the state’s death state’s updated fatality the virus had died. With off, albeit at nearly record
tally was unreported count, making up 47% of Monday’s update, the new highs,
by state health officials deaths, according to health figure is roughly 5,700. ,
before Monday. officials, while they make
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