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Texas schools won’t receive A-F accountability grades after a judge granted a new order temporarily blocking them on ...

The Texas Education Agency is barred from releasing statewide A-F scores under a court order issued last month. Fort Worth ...

A judge stopped the grades from coming out last year and halted them again this year as new questions arose about a computerized grading system on STAAR tests this year. But this year the ...

He called the STAAR test reliable, adding that the release of A-F scores benefits kids and families by letting them know how well the schools are doing at educating students. “It does work ...

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

ABILENE, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) – Students prepare all year for the STAAR Test, hoping to make a good grade and get passed to the next grade level, but one Wylie 7th grader with above the average ...

FORT WORTH — Fort Worth Independent School District says the district is making major academic progress. The district ...

For the second year in a row, a Travis County district court once again blocked the Texas Education Agency from releasing its ...

The results of the STAAR assessment shape the district’s accountability ratings, which have not been released this year due to ongoing lawsuits. The district scored a ‘B’ rating in 2022 ...

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

F accountability grades after a judge granted a new order temporarily blocking them on Wednesday. A coalition of school districts sued over the system alleging the grades are invalid because they’re ...