AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas House gave near-unanimous initial approval to a bill that would replace the STAAR test in the next school year.

House Bill 4 would make the STARR test shorter and base scores on how students’ performance compares to national averages.

State Rep. Brad Buckley, a Republican from Salado, said the lengthy tests don’t accurately measure knowledge and place too ...

Sitka High School’s mock trial team won their fourth consecutive Alaska championship in April. The program, which lasts ...

Every team's tier behind Flagg and Harper will include VJ Edgecombe. Front offices that value his 100th percentile ...

The Tamil Nadu government will conduct statewide civil defence mock drills to test how prepared the state is for emergencies.

By translating ERM and BCP frameworks into a large-scale civil-defence rehearsal, India has illustrated that preparedness is ...

Blackouts were conducted across Delhi's NDMC area, Patna and UP. Earlier today, Indian armed forces carried out missile strikes on nine terror targets in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir under ...

The move comes in response to what the Centre described as “new and complex threats” in the current geopolitical scenario.

OraSure has sites at 150 Webster Street in Bethlehem, where it houses its corporate offices and research and development; as well as a manufacturing facility at 220 E. First Street in Bethlehem; and ...

Mock drills were organised at different locations here to test the preparedness of the response system to deal with an emergency situation like air strikes and keep people safe. The drills were also ...