When I realized I couldn't answer the questions posed about two of my own poems on the Texas state assessment tests (STAAR Test), I had a flash of panic — oh, no! Not smart enough. Such a dunce. My ...

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Outraged students have slammed the VCAA for including a quote in a question in Tuesday’s English exam they claim was not part ...

Poet Sara Holbrook, who often writes humorous verse for kids, had some harsh words for the Texas Education Agency after she discovered she couldn’t answer questions about poems on the its standardized ...

Check your understanding of the poem Aunt Julia by Norman MacCaig with this interactive quiz for Higher English. Check your understanding of the poem Hotel room, 12th floor by Norman MacCaig with this ...