In addition to passing the reading test, fifth grade students will also have to pass the TAKS math test in order to be promoted to grade 6. They will take the math TAKS on April 5. Fifth-grade ...

While students in grades 3-11 must take TAKS, students must pass third-grade reading and fifth-grade math and reading to move to the next grade levels. As reported in March, 89 percent of third ...

In most cases, they get stuck on just one section, usually math or science. An excuse Nearly two thirds of seniors who retook their TAKS in March 2009 failed. Manning may have had a better excuse ...