Fired Klein ISD Teacher Didn’t Violate STAAR Regulations by Handing Special Needs Student his “Whisper Phone” During Testing

Ruling: The education commissioner must reverse his decision that upheld a teacher’s firing over an accusation that she improperly gave students “indirect assistance” during spring 2018 STAAR testing. Klein ISD and [Education Commissioner] Mike Morath v. Alana Sisk, No. 14-22-00418-CV. Issued Nov. 16 by the Texas Fourteenth Court of Appeals (Houston)