Abbott wants an alternative means to gauge student progress and school accountability, not necessarily an end to standardized ...

The state standardized test has long been criticized for taking instructional time away from teachers and putting unnecessary pressure on students.

After dozens died in the Hill Country floods, flood alerts, sirens, and relief top Gov. Abbott's special session agenda. Here ...

State lawmakers agreed on doing away with the test in favor of three new ones spread through the school year but reached an ...

Texas’ STAAR test will look different in 2023. Here’s everything to know about the changes.

While Texas does not require private schools to administer the state's standardized test, almost 6,000 private school students at 21 campuses statewide took the test last year. Just under half of ...

Texas' STAAR test is being changed so that only 75 percent of a student's score can be based on multiple-choice questions under a revision mandated by the Legislature.

April 8 kicks off the first round of STAAR testing across Texas. STAAR stands for the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness. It's a state testing program that has been in place for ...

Governor Greg Abbott, among others, has noted that according to the STAAR test, only 40 percent of Texas third graders are reading at grade level.

The plan would mark the most dramatic redesign of the state’s tests since STAAR was established for public and charter school students in 2011.

STAAR themed decorations adorn the hallways of Wharton Elementary School in Wharton on April 21, 2018. Lawmakers failed to approve a bill to eliminate the STAAR test during the legislative session.