Abbott wants an alternative means to gauge student progress and school accountability, not necessarily an end to standardized ...

Abbott’s lengthy agenda for the Texas Legislature includes unfinished business, such as eliminating the STAAR test, and ...

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

See which Cy-Fair ISD elementary school saw students master reading, math and science on this year's STAAR test.

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Texas elementary and middle school students are passing STAAR exams at higher rates across many subjects in 2025 compared to 2024, according to new scores data released Tuesday.

Districts had sued against the release of last year's scores over concerns of officials rolling out an automated system to ...

High schoolers, meanwhile, saw declines on the English exams but gains in Algebra I. Math scores for elementary, middle and high school students remain below pre-pandemic levels.

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Texas’ students saw some wins in reading but continued to struggle to bounce back from pandemic-related learning losses in math, testing results released shows.