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I-TEAM: Steroid Testing Planned For Arlington Police

A plan to randomly test all police officers for steroids in Arlington, will make the city among the most stringent in North Texas in testing for the drug.

2013/06/14

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Texas House OKs Reduced Testing For Younger Students

The Texas House has approved and sent to the Senate a bill reducing standardized testing for elementary and middle school students.

2013/04/30

Senate Committee Approves Drug Testing For Welfare Benefits

The Texas Senate Health and Human Services Committee has approved a bill to require drug screening before receiving welfare.

2013/03/26

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Standardized Testing Reduced For Texas Students

The Senate Education Committee has voted to refer to the full chamber a measure reducing the number of standardized tests Texas students must pass to graduate from high school.

2013/03/19

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Most STAAR Exams To Go Public In August

Parents will get a look at the much-maligned state standardized tests their kids are taking sooner than expected, when the STAAR exams are released to the public in August.

2013/03/12

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State Senate Considers School Testing Changes

The Texas Senate Public Education Committee will be considering overhauling standardized testing and high graduation requirements.

2013/03/12

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Texas Tops Nation In Math & Science Scores

Texas students outscored the rest of the country in science and math, but fell behind on literacy tests, according to a new report by the National Center for Education Statistics.

2013/02/21

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Graduation Requirement Bill Goes To Full Senate

The Senate Education committee has referred to the full chamber a bill overhauling high school graduation requirements to better emphasize workforce development.

2013/02/19

NBA Labor Negotiations Continue As Deadline Looms

Stern Thinks NBA Will Test For HGH Next Season

David Stern is optimistic that blood testing for Human Growth Hormone will be added to the league’s testing policy in time for the 2013-14 NBA season

2013/02/06

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Goodell Says Agreement Close On HGH Testing

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell says he believes there will be an agreement soon with the players’ union for testing for human growth hormone.

2013/02/01

State Bill Would Change Graduation & Test Rules

A key education leader in the Texas Senate introduced a bill Tuesday to drastically overhaul high school graduation requirements and reduce by two thirds the number of standardized tests students must pass.

2013/01/23