Why does this test dominate so much space in and out of the classroom? The State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, better known as the STAAR test, looms large over education in Texas. Kids ...

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Education Agency (TEA) released the spring STAAR testing scores for third through eighth grade students on Tuesday, showing reading and language arts scores improved across ...

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The annual mandatory STAAR test will soon be gone under a new law Gov. Greg Abbott signed this week. Public school students in third through eighth grades take the high-stakes standardized test each ...

April is STAAR season in Texas public schools. STAAR, the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, are the standardized tests Texas students take at the end of the school year starting in ...

Pictured is an empty classroom with tables and chairs. Gov. Greg Abbott has directed state lawmakers to come up with a replacement for the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) test ...

Houston ISD’s Hattie Mae White Educational Support Center. Results for Texas' end-of-year standardized test, STAAR, were released Wednesday, and Houston ISD's high school students saw their biggest ...

When lawmakers voted in September to eliminate Texas' end-of-year state test and replace it with three shorter exams, they said they wanted to reduce the amount of time students spend taking ...

The GOP-dominated Texas Senate passed a version of House Bill 8, by House Public Education Committee Chair Brad Buckley, late Wednesday. AUSTIN - A monthslong impasse over how to replace the unpopular ...

The Fort Worth Independent School District Administration building at 7060 Camp Bowie Blvd on Wednesday, April 22, 2026 in Fort Worth, Texas. Abigail Dollins Fort Worth Star-Telegram The percentage of ...

Texas’ students saw some wins in reading but continued to struggle to bounce back from pandemic-related learning losses in math, state testing results released Tuesday showed. Elementary students who ...