While English-learning students’ scores have improved on the STAAR test since 2021, the TELPAS scores — particularly in ...

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Significant changes to the STAAR test caused Ector County ISD’s scores to decline, along with the entire state’s scores. Those changes included new question types, testing format and scoring ...

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

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 ...

A BBC investigation has raised fresh doubts about the evidence used to throw thousands of people out of the UK for allegedly cheating in an English language test ... In February 2021 the Home ...

College Station ISD had some ups and downs in its STAAR accountability results ... Algebra 1 scores were unchanged, biology improved 1%, English I and English II scores went down but U.S. history ...

Nacogdoches ISD has joined a lawsuit against the Texas Education Agency that claims the state’s new, automated online grading system for the STAAR test is flawed. The district’s board of trustees ...

Whether you’re looking to learn more about your health traits or dig deep into your familiar roots, having a DNA test done can help you learn a lot about yourself. The good thing is, these tests ...

The Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio, a key valuation measure, is calculated by dividing the stock's most recent closing price by the sum of the diluted earnings per share from continuing operations ...

Staar Surgical (STAA) has been upgraded to a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy), reflecting growing optimism about the company's earnings prospects. This might drive the stock higher in the near term.