Significant changes to the STAAR test caused Ector County ISD’s scores to decline, along with the entire state’s scores.

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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 ...

The Marietta City Schools Board of Education met Monday and discussed the results of the Ohio Report Card. The board also ...

Results of the latest STAAR tests for Wichita Falls ISD prompted the superintendent, Dr. Donny Lee, to call for “drastic” ...

Fort Worth ISD school board members are expected to weigh in on the superintendent’s contract on Tuesday night.

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

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

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

Kerrville Independent School District Board of Trustees heard an update on the district’s accountability rating, received a ...

Here they are, in paraphrased form: 1. The percentage of 3rd-graders who score “meets grade level” (Texas education lingo ...

The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office arrested 57-year-old Mark Brents and booked him into the Orient Road Jail—the 75 th ...