Texas nixes new teacher certification test that would have cost $165 more than existing test

AUSTIN (Nexstar) — New teachers in Texas will not be required to take a new certification exam that would have been more expensive and more rigorous. All 13 members of the State Board of Education voted down a proposal to adopt the edTPA statewide test last week, a national test established by Stanford University that’s meant to better evaluate how a teacher will perform in their first year. Want to become a STEM teacher? There’s money for thatUltimately, board members sai