It’s part of the overall package to improve education and increase college-readiness standards. We’ve already put in place a more rigorous curriculum and we’re implementing several projects that are going to have an effect.

The state doesn’t provide any money to private schools. They’re deemed private businesses, private entities.

The testing company has done a really remarkable job, considering, for instance, last year, it handled more than 12 million testing documents for Texas.

It’s the integral part of the state’s accountability system. It’s a high-stakes test, and it’s highly secure. It’s important they follow all the guidelines and policies for test security before, during and after test administration.

They’ll be more rigorous as we expect more and more out of our students and put more initiatives in place.

The simplest (solution) would be (for PAISD trustees) to follow acceptable board actions and procedures.