claim: says most texas schools spend 45 out of 180 school days in mandated testing.
author: ted lyon
evidence_1: mar 23, 2012 ... more than 100 school districts in texas have passed a resolution saying that high -stakes standardized tests are “strangling” public schools, the latest in ... state- mandated standardized testing has become so dominant in texas that, ... high  school students are spending up to 45 days of their 180-day school ...
evidence_2: sep 10, 2012 ... ted lyons that most texas schools spend 45 days a year on mandated testing. ...  one reader said that while our conclusions on days spent testing seem ... testing  and all that it entails will take up way more of that 180 days than it should. ... as a  parent, i am not allowed to take my kids out of school for family ...
evidence_3: charter school reports · comprehensive report on texas public schools ·  discipline data ... student testing & accountability .... a teacher to supervise  students during lunch no more than one day in any school week. 8. ... teachers  are required to resign a contract no later than 45 days before the first day of  instruction.
evidence_4: says most texas schools spend 45 out of 180 school days in mandated testing.  ... our fact-check on how many days texas schools spend in mandated testing.
evidence_5: aug 31, 2012 ... better days lie ahead for texas public schools if we will stay the course. ...  students spend 45 out of 180 school days on state-mandated testing. .... /2012/ aug/29/ted-lyon/ted-lyon-says-most-texas-schools-spend-45-days-man/.