Get Rid of the TAKS test in every grade Petition: Signature List Feed http://gopetition.com/signatures/get-rid-of-the-taks-test-in-every-grade.html Online petition signatures en-us Sat, 4 Apr 2026 12:05 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Mrs. Michele Morquecho [Signature #48] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9528471?utm_medium=rss I took the TAAS test when I graduated, I have two students one in Public school, and one in Private. Honestly I hate that my son has to stress over this test year after year. I also know many teachers and not one person has a nice thing to say about it.

]]> Sat, 5 Feb 2011 11:32:34 UTC 9528471 Veronica Baca [Signature #47] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7841121?utm_medium=rss Wed, 2 Jun 2010 04:14:05 UTC 7841121 mr patrick day [Signature #46] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7773102?utm_medium=rss Thu, 27 May 2010 09:51:22 UTC 7773102 Stephanie Wright [Signature #45] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7421822?utm_medium=rss Wed, 21 Apr 2010 06:41:39 UTC 7421822 Mr Pete Poindexter [Signature #44] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7413142?utm_medium=rss Tue, 20 Apr 2010 06:50:33 UTC 7413142 Randy Rosales [Signature #43] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7291758?utm_medium=rss The TAKS system is broken. It is not a true measure of child's knowledge. Teaching to the test is not learning.

]]> Mon, 5 Apr 2010 04:29:58 UTC 7291758 Mrs L harris [Signature #42] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7083600?utm_medium=rss I really think this test needs to be removed from Elementary and Middle School. In High School should only be in the 12th grade only if they just have to have it. Schools are only focusing on Taks and our kids are not learning the basic's. School is suppose to be fun to a certain extent but kids are concern about if they fail the Taks they will not pass to the next grade.

]]> Fri, 5 Mar 2010 11:26:30 UTC 7083600 shannon vanderpool [Signature #41] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7072742?utm_medium=rss totally unfair that a kid works hard for 13 years and can possibly not graduate because of the TAKS. teachers can't even teach anymore...it's all about the TAKS

]]> Wed, 3 Mar 2010 08:37:07 UTC 7072742 Ms Diana Johnson [Signature #40] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6224405?utm_medium=rss Sun, 20 Sep 2009 09:55:51 UTC 6224405 Mr Jeffrey Geter [Signature #39] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6219310?utm_medium=rss GET RID OF IT Immediately. Its stresses me out, and being the provider of my home I don't need NO MORE stress.

]]> Sun, 20 Sep 2009 01:03:01 UTC 6219310 Mrs Charlotte Geter [Signature #38] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6219282?utm_medium=rss I know we want our children to be over-achievers, but this TAKS test is extremely unneccessary for the 3rd-8th graders. There is more mental stress than focus on education, and it shouldn't be like this. Some of the stuff on the 3rd grade TAKS exam can be very confusing, even to the adults. So I PETITION AGAINST IT. It NEED to GO AWAY.

]]> Sun, 20 Sep 2009 12:56:56 UTC 6219282 Mr. Malcolm Finkley [Signature #37] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6214116?utm_medium=rss TAKS does not work.

]]> Fri, 18 Sep 2009 04:16:20 UTC 6214116 Mr Fred Williams [Signature #36] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6214024?utm_medium=rss This test is stupid. It was passed by then Governor George Bush who was Governor of Texas at the time. He should have taken it, maybe it would have prevented him from becoming the President of the USA. He was definitly bad at managing the country (lol). I think this test shouldn't be determined to label our kids as smart or dumb and it is. This test doesn't help our kids be no smarter than what they are. Our teachers are messed up too because they hage to teach according to TAKS standards.

]]> Fri, 18 Sep 2009 03:45:24 UTC 6214024 Mrs Suzanne Isbell [Signature #35] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6138897?utm_medium=rss My son is in 4th grade this year. Last year, during 3rd grade, he learned how to Ace the TAKS! He did not learn cursive, for one thing, and I feel like Texas (the government) is trying to make our kids stupid, so they won't ever realize that our government is supposed to be of the people, for the people, by the people. Most newly graduated high school students do not even know where Belize is. It's ridiculous.

]]> Tue, 1 Sep 2009 01:58:08 UTC 6138897 Ms. Carmen Flanagan [Signature #34] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5896706?utm_medium=rss My Child made A & B's all year and the school wonts to keep him in the 5th grade because he did not pass the test

]]> Fri, 17 Jul 2009 08:12:49 UTC 5896706 Mr David Flanagan [Signature #33] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5895013?utm_medium=rss Fri, 17 Jul 2009 01:18:42 UTC 5895013 Ms Anonymous [Signature #32] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5888006?utm_medium=rss Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:33:48 UTC 5888006 Mrs. Melissa Lawson [Signature #31] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5654458?utm_medium=rss I think that this test is horrible for the elementary students. You have 3rd, 4th and fifth grade students that are having anxiety attack! This is horrible. I thought we are help them, not end up putting them on prozac! This test is only to fill the pockets of the state, not fill the minds of the students. I am very disappointed in the TX school system. My child is struggling to read, right along with over half of the other kids in TX. We are paying all this money to Sylvan and other places.

]]> Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:10:39 UTC 5654458 Sarah Bruns [Signature #30] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5384375?utm_medium=rss Wed, 29 Apr 2009 09:08:28 UTC 5384375 MS JULIA PHILLIPS [Signature #29] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5374359?utm_medium=rss Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:21:33 UTC 5374359 MS KENYA SMITH [Signature #28] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5374353?utm_medium=rss Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:20:53 UTC 5374353 MRS BOBBIE HARRIS [Signature #27] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5374346?utm_medium=rss Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:19:43 UTC 5374346 MS MELODY CLARK [Signature #26] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5374335?utm_medium=rss CHILDREN ARE SO BUSY STRESSIN OUT OVER THE TAKKS THEY HAVE NO TIME TO LEARN LIFE SKILLS. THIS IS ALSO A BIG STRESS ON THE PARENTS. WHAT DOES THIS SHOW, COLLEGES DO NOT CARE WHAT THE TAKKS SCORES ARE WHY ARE WE?

]]> Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:18:23 UTC 5374335 MR ZACK GARRETT [Signature #25] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5374313?utm_medium=rss THIS IS A BAD IDEA.

]]> Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:16:29 UTC 5374313 MRS NICOLE GARRETT [Signature #24] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5374289?utm_medium=rss THIS IS A SHAME THAT EVEN THO MY SONE IS A STRAIGHT A STUDENT BUT THAT MATTERS NOT ALL THAT MATTERS IS HIS TAKKS SCORES AND THAT SUCKS. HOW COULD OUR GOVERNMENT LET THIS GO ON? ITS ALL ABOUT THE MONEY THE SCHOOL RECEIVES FOR ALL THE PASSERS. WELL I PAY TAXES FOR THE SCHOOL IS THAT NOT ENOUGH? SO JOIN ME IN GETTING RID OF THIS TAKKS MONSTER.

]]> Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:14:18 UTC 5374289 Ms Jessica Lackey [Signature #23] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5133620?utm_medium=rss Mon, 16 Mar 2009 01:49:22 UTC 5133620 Mrs Kimberlyn Jahelka [Signature #22] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5119731?utm_medium=rss I am a strong opponent of the TAKS test!! The children of today's education system are simply put, not as smart as the ones from my generation!! They are learning to just take & hopefully pass the test!! I have heard a number of students not being able to graduate despite passing grades & almost perfect attendance. This test is ridiculous & unfair!! DO AWAY WITH IT!!

]]> Fri, 13 Mar 2009 04:43:48 UTC 5119731 Mrs Barbara Locke [Signature #21] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/4920867?utm_medium=rss Our children are under a tremendous amount of pressure in school. Students are being bogged down with so much homework. Now they are under the gun to pass this taks test to progress to the next grade level. It is scary to think everything rides on this one test. I strongly feel that the education system is setting up our students for failure instead of success.

]]> Wed, 11 Feb 2009 10:10:52 UTC 4920867 mrs kaylene buchanan [Signature #20] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/3978563?utm_medium=rss i have a child with a learning disability and she cant pass the taks test. she is getting help for her learning problem at school and on top of that she has to get tutoring for this test and go to summer school and then she still doesnt pass and they want to hold her back. she made the AB honor roll all year long in class. my child will not make it through school if she has to keep working as hard as she has and still failing

]]> Mon, 11 Aug 2008 07:55:02 UTC 3978563 Mrs. Maricela Salinas [Signature #19] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/3879803?utm_medium=rss Wed, 16 Jul 2008 08:24:03 UTC 3879803 Freeda Miller [Signature #18] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/3823050?utm_medium=rss It is a test that should have never been started. XV

]]> Tue, 1 Jul 2008 04:05:55 UTC 3823050 Anonymous [Signature #17] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/3743792?utm_medium=rss JUST BECAUSE IF WE FAIL THE TASK WE STAY IN THE SAME GRADE WHAT ABOUT HE OLD PHRASE NO ONE GET LEFT BEHIND DUDE IF FELL SOME TEST THEN WE SHOULD NOT GET LEFT BEHIND JUDGE US ON OUR GRADE IF WERE GOING TO GET JUDGE ON SOME TEST THE N WHATS THE PONIT OF HAVING GRADES

]]> Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:45:39 UTC 3743792 DONNA SIMPSON [Signature #16] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/3704963?utm_medium=rss What is the purpose of TAKS when our children have passing grades in every subject but can not pass one single "crappy" TAKS test. Why should one test prevent our children from graduating after investing 4 years of hard work to make good grades? Oh that is right, WE THE PARENTS DID NOT HAVE A SAY SO TO ACCEPT THIS IN OUR SCHOOLS!!!

]]> Tue, 3 Jun 2008 06:35:11 UTC 3704963 Amber Counts [Signature #15] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/3553078?utm_medium=rss Wed, 30 Apr 2008 01:19:24 UTC 3553078 MS Lori Scott [Signature #14] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2085184?utm_medium=rss Thu, 5 Jul 2007 10:20:25 UTC 2085184 Mrs. Angela Campbell [Signature #13] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/2085129?utm_medium=rss TAKS is worhtless and adds too much stress to our kids. There are too many who do well all year, only to be told they can't graduate because of ONE section on TAKS!!!

]]> Thu, 5 Jul 2007 10:06:42 UTC 2085129 Mr. Douglas Berta [Signature #12] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/1592908?utm_medium=rss I agree, kill this thing and kill it now!

]]> Sun, 22 Apr 2007 01:27:01 UTC 1592908 MS Leslie Hampton [Signature #11] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/1586277?utm_medium=rss THE TAKS TEST SHOULD BE TAKEN AWAY BECAUSE TEACHERS SPEND WAY TO MUCH OF THEIR TIME TRYING TO CRAM ALL THAT STUFF IN OUR HEAD THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TIME TO TEACH US ANYTHING ELSE. WHEN WE WERE YOUNGER IT WAS SO MUCH EAISER ON US BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT PASSING A BIG TEST TO PASS. NOW THEIR MAKING 3RD GRADERS TAKE IT TO PASS TO GO TO 4TH GRADE WHICH IS SO STUPID!!!!!!!!IT JUST NEEDS TO BE TAKEN AWAY THAT WAY WE CAN LEARN NEW STUFF THEN JUST THE EXACT SAME THING EVERY YEAR

]]> Thu, 19 Apr 2007 02:03:25 UTC 1586277 ms amber maxwell [Signature #10] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/1586254?utm_medium=rss The TAKS test makes teachers focus all their attention and energy on it so they can't spend time teaching real life essentials. IT IS JUST PLAIN STUPID TO HAVE TO PASS A IT IN ORDER TO GRADUATE I MEAN THAT'S ONE REASON WHY SOME PEOPLE DROP OUT... BECAUSE OF THAT STUPID PIECE OF PAPER SAYING "YOU FAILED.... TRY AGAIN NEXT YEAR."
Thank you,
Amber

]]> Thu, 19 Apr 2007 01:57:39 UTC 1586254 Cody Shaw [Signature #9] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/1584186?utm_medium=rss I have been taking that test all my life and it makes me feel like Im wasting my life in school to learn this garbage. I dont need to know what organic matter makes plants grow best to work with computers...

]]> Wed, 18 Apr 2007 11:45:15 UTC 1584186 mrs judy WElch [Signature #8] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/1580252?utm_medium=rss TAks is the single most obstruction to true learning in Texas. The anxiety it causes students deletes any learning of the subject matter.

LET TEACHERS TEACH

We have life experience and we know exactly what our students need to learn.

NOT some obtuse objective, paid for with millions of dollars while supposed experts were consulted

]]> Tue, 17 Apr 2007 11:50:19 UTC 1580252 mr tori guerrero [Signature #7] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/1575742?utm_medium=rss In different schools some teach good, and the kids or teenagers are smart. Or the kids and teenagers are just plain dumb. It makes no sense to credit schools because their kids passed and others didnt the only reason teachers take pride in their students is because they think thier great teachers, basically its used as a way to prove whose better not if your ready to go to the next grade thats wrong its almost as if we sit in class all year or trully study just to prove my teacher is worthy.

]]> Mon, 16 Apr 2007 06:21:55 UTC 1575742 mrs judy welch [Signature #6] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/1572428?utm_medium=rss Taks is a non motivational tool that ruins otherwise great students lives.NO ONE is good at everything. Yet, the test insist they know every subject. We were given talents in different areas. That's why it takes a village to raise a child. So that each of us with our own individualized talents can help our gifted children to grow into who they arePersonally, as a musician, I wouldn't want another musician to operate on me if I have cancer but the background music he listens to may be mine

]]> Mon, 16 Apr 2007 04:09:24 UTC 1572428 Miss Amanda Hilow [Signature #5] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/1570651?utm_medium=rss TAKS test only pressures the students and doesn't allow them to think straight. It's not really necassary for the students to take.

]]> Sun, 15 Apr 2007 04:16:24 UTC 1570651 Mrs madison larden [Signature #4] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/1565355?utm_medium=rss Fri, 13 Apr 2007 11:29:26 UTC 1565355 Ms Courtney Herring [Signature #3] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/1561460?utm_medium=rss The taks test is really unfair because I have been in school for 11 years now and it's unfair that they give me a test and say "If you don't pass it you will not graduate!" I puts a lot of pressure on us teenagers.

]]> Thu, 12 Apr 2007 08:39:06 UTC 1561460 good idea Anonymous [Signature #2] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/1557337?utm_medium=rss Wed, 11 Apr 2007 07:58:01 UTC 1557337 Mr Derek S [Signature #1] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/1536535?utm_medium=rss never heard of it before but lol i dont want it comming to my school

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