Until last year, its state exam, the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills, showed steady gains in performance among high school students.

The Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills is a state regulated aptitude test that measures the quality of schools.

The writing portion of the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills had the effect of forcing teachers to try to teach writing.

In the United States, the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills started in 1991.

As a student in the Texas public school system, I was subjected to several standardized achievement tests, including the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills.

Partly in response, Texas developed a new, more rigorous test, the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills.

The third measure will be student progress on the statewide Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills test, as compared with that in similar Houston classrooms.

Scores on the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills have risen, over all and among minorities.

For every administrator, teacher, parent and student in Texas public schools, the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills is the sun around which education orbits.

In addition, classes for acceleration and Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (Taks) remediation are available.