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The percentage of MISD students meeting grade-level standards in reading ... grade math, 5th & 8th grade science, and 8th ...

The district saw a decline in early childhood reading and math performance alongside improvements to college, career and ...

College Station ISD had some ups and downs in its STAAR accountability results, but overall the district continues to perform at a higher level than state averages in all categories.

Ector County ISD trustees met Tuesday for a regular board meeting and heard updates on enrollment numbers as well as STAAR ...

On Tuesday, September 10, ECISD trustees received a presentation on STAAR and end of course exam data from the 2023-2024 ...

Standardized testing has always been a mixed bag. Oversight and metrics are necessary for any statewide institution, but teachers and parents are well aware of the stress students experience when ...

researchers analyzed the 2022 and 2023 State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) Reading Language Arts (RLA) scores for students in grade 3-5 across 4,965 Texas schools. Of these ...

Some Ector County ISD Board members expressed dismay with STAAR and End of Course ... When students took the third grade reading language arts test in 2023, 68 percent passed and 32 percent ...

For those of you reading this who aren’t teachers ... I in middle school and score “meets grade level” or above on the STAAR ...

Nearly 60% of public school students in third through eighth grade in Fort Worth did not meet grade level for reading in 2024 ...

Like Sagamore Hill, Springdale’s test scores point to signs of growth — the school posted a 12-point gain in the number of ...