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The Downtown skyline is visible behind the Indeed Tower on Sunday, July 16, 2023 in Austin. The Austin-based job search company Indeed cut 2,200 jobs in early 2023.
Howard also pointed Texas's automatic enrollment law, a law that requires 75% of UT's class to consist of auto-enrolled top Texas high school students, now the top 6% of their class, as a ...
Nearly 40% of companies reported layoffs in 2024, the outplacement firm noted, saying that was a noticeable increase from 28% in 2023. The outlook for 2025 appears cautiously optimistic. Not all ...
The TAAS, or Texas Assessment of Academic Skills, was the third standardized test used in Texas between 1991 and 2002, when it was replaced by the TAKS test from 2003 to 2013. [1] It was used from grades 3, 5, 7, 9, and 11. Passing the Grade 11 level was required for graduation, but many opportunities for retesting were available.
The official logo of the TAKS test. Mainly based on the TAAS test's logo. The Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) was the fourth Texas state standardized test previously used in grade 3-8 and grade 9-11 to assess students' attainment of reading, writing, math, science, and social studies skills required under Texas education standards. [1]
The Texas Educational Assessment of Minimum Skills or TEAMS was the second standardized test used in Texas, from 1984 until 1990. It was used for grades 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 and 11. Students passing the test are no longer needed to take the exam.
A Texas woman is prison-bound after she’s accused of embezzling $3 million from her employers over 10 years, forcing layoffs and bonus cuts.
In 2001, the Anglo-Dutch publishing company Reed Elsevier acquired Harcourt General and Harcourt, Inc., including the business then known as Harcourt Assessment, Inc. Harcourt Assessment encountered two straight years with mass layoffs as a result of poor management and a failed strategy to expand into the state assessment market.