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

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

STAAR test bill fails. Dig deeper. House Bill 4, authored by state Rep. Brad Buckley (R-Salado), would have replaced the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) with three shorter ...

W ACO, Texas (KWTX) - While House Bill 4, which would scrap the STAAR test and bring new state new testing to Texas Students has failed this legislative session, students are receiving scores for ...

House Bill 4, which proposed replacing the STAAR test with three shorter assessments spread throughout the school year, died in the closing days of the legislative session.

The STAAR test could live another year after the House and the Senate failed to reach an agreement over House Bill 4 before the end of the 89th Texas Legislative Session. The House’s version of ...

Bill to scrap STAAR test dies in the Texas Legislature The Senate and House failed to come out of closed-door negotiations with a compromise in time, missing a key legislative deadline this weekend.

While a bill to scrap the STAAR test and bring new state new testing to Texas Students has failed this legislative session, Texas Students are receiving scores for a test they will have to take ...

AUSTIN, Texas — A legislative effort to scrap the STAAR test to respond to concerns that the test puts unnecessary pressure on students died in the last days of the legislative session. House ...

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 ...

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.