Bob Garrett
@RobertTGarrett
Austin Bureau chief for The Dallas Morning News
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18-06-2009 23:00:17
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Computers are now scoring Texas students’ STAAR essays.
The automated scoring engines — quietly rolled out in December — were “shown to be as accurate as human scorers.”
TEA officials did not provide information showing this result to Dallas Morning News:
dallasnews.com/news/education…
ICYMI: Texas AG Attorney General Ken Paxton will be in a Harris County district court Friday for a pre-trial hearing in his long-pending securities fraud case. Here's a preview: dallasnews.com/news/politics/…
(I'm staying in Houston for the weekend and will accept any restaurant recommendations)
.Justin Holland’s camp is up with a 30-second comparison TV spot in #HD33 , half positive on him and half negative on Katrina Pierson. #txlege
In race for TX House seat being vacated by Four Price, Caroline Fairly, daughter of Amarillo businessman and GOP major donor Alex Fairly, is toeing the Abbott line on #Vouchers / #schoolchoice . Two rivals are less gung-ho. #txlege #txed expressnews.com/politics/artic… via @expressnews
Top primary target Representative Glenn Rogers is up on TV attacking challenger Mike Olcott, and it's a creative one #HD60 #txlege
Looks like Nikki Haley will swing through Texas next week, including a Thursday (Feb. 15) rally in Dallas. More details to come.
.Dade Phelan goes direct-to-camera about Attorney General Ken Paxton in a new reelection campaign ad, running on TV and digital.
'If Paxton will break an oath to his wife and God, why would he tell Trump — or you — the truth?' #HD21 #txlege
In this corner, Texas ex-Gov #RickPerry , set to endorse Southlake Mayor John Huffman today in #GOPprimary for #USHouse seat of retiring Rep #MichaelBurgess .
In that corner, #DonaldTrump , Perry’s ex-boss, backing Brandon Gill, Joseph Morton writes #txcong dallasnews.com/news/politics/…