The Nation - News from March 11, 1986

Only minor protests were registered as about 210,000 Texas public school teachers took a mandatory skills test that will determine the future of their classroom careers. A state law adopted in 1984 requires that teachers score 70 or above on the test to retain their teaching certificates. If they fail the test twice they can no longer teach in Texas. Despite court challenges and threats of a boycott, the testing appeared to go smoothly at 850 locations across the state.