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 had a mixed bag in terms of STAAR test results from spring 2024 and is working to improve them. Subjects they will be working on are fifth and eighth grade science, eighth grade ...

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

According to the company, the center, which officially opens on Thursday, September 26, will serve as a hub for hands-on ...

The program, offered through the U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) agency, will offer up to four nasal swab tests per U.S.

U.S. households will again be able to order four more free COVID tests through COVIDTests.gov. The website is not currently ...

The US government plans to make more at-home Covid-19 tests available for free this month as the country heads into ...

When the program began in January 2022, households could request an order of four free COVID testing kits. Subsequent batches were available throughout 2022 and 2023, with the program ending in March ...

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 ...

Nacogdoches ISD has joined a lawsuit against the Texas Education Agency that claims the state’s new, automated online grading ...

As cases of a new COVID-19 variant tick upward across the U.S., the federal government is again offering Americans free ...

At the end of September, American households will be able to order free COVID-19 tests that will detect current variants and be usable until the end of the year, according to officials.