Devers mayor ‘bans’ STAAR test within city limits

The mayor of Devers, Texas, issued a proclamation Tuesday “banning” the state's STAAR exams within city limits.
Steven Horelica, who also is a fifth grade teacher and bus driver in Devers ISD, said the statement does not have legal teeth and was made symbolically to give voice to growing opposition against the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, or STAAR tests.
“Everything is judged by one single event. Kids are labeled by what they do on one day of the year,&rdqu