Miles confirmed that many of the emergent bilingual students are directed into other science courses in 9th grade and don't take Biology till 10th or the STAAR test till then -- a practice that ...

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

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

Central Texas students are currently at the start of STAAR testing season and after a redesign of the test last year, districts are in for another change.

Reading scores have surpassed pre-pandemic levels while math scores for third through eighth grade students are still lagging behind.

STAAR tests are based on the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, the state standards "for what students should know and be able to do," according to the Texas Education Agency website.

The Texas Education Agency released STAAR results for grade 3-8 reading, math, science and social studies tests Friday.

Teachers at some HISD schools have been notified without an accompanying explanation that there will be no test prep for STAAR this year.

As North Texas students continue with STAAR testing, there is a major change to the way part of the test will be scored. A computer program and technology will score written answers. According to ...

Statewide testing has begun at the Victoria Independent School District, with students beginning STAAR and EOC test taking. Campuses throughout the district have introduced various testing ...

Leading educators and testing experts have studied the exams and find that they are asking kids to understand passages aimed two or more years above their grade level.

FILE – In this Feb. 12, 2015, file photo, sixth grade students use a practice session to prepare for a standards test. In Texas, students will move to a fully online STAAR standardized testing ...