Gregory Wayne Abbott (born November 13, 1957) is an American lawyer and  politician who has been the 48th Governor of Texas since January 2015. A  Republican, Abbott previously served as the 50th Attorney General of Texas from  2002 to 2015. He is the first governor of any U.S. state since George Wallace to ...  When he was six years old, they moved to Longview, and the family lived in ...
Dec 1, 2014 ... elect Greg Abbott lost to a story on an Austin candidate's 9/11 statements. ...  charged him with seeking to force 4-year-olds to take standardized tests. Mostly  False, we concluded. Per his plan, Abbott would ask districts chosen to upgrade  ... At the time, Texas had filed or been a party to 27 lawsuits against ...
Apr 15, 2014 ... "Four-year-olds should be coloring with crayons and not filling in bubbles with a  ... told more than 700 members of the Texas Retired Teachers Association in  Dallas. ... the status quo, Greg Abbott's plan does not impose standardized  testing, and it ... School districts with pre-K programs would be required to ...
Wendy Davis · "Under Greg Abbott, Texas four-year-olds would be forced to  undergo standardized tests." — PolitiFact Texas on Thursday, May 1st, 2014.
Oct 10, 2014 ... How Would Greg Abbott And Wendy Davis Use Student Test Scores? ... But next  year, in fifth grade, Luke will be required to pass standardized tests ... the number  of high-stakes tests Texas high school students need to pass to graduate. ... "And  if we see teachers making progress with students who have a ...
Under Greg Abbott, Texas four-year-olds would be forced to undergo standardized tests.