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

In 2023-24, teacher vacancies and problems implementing new curriculum affected Corpus Christi ISD student performance on state tests.

Looking at the percentages of students who passed and failed state tests, trustee Dawn Miller said the numbers were unacceptable. Administrators noted that the STAAR was redesigned and was given ...

The current lawsuit holding up accountability scores alleges that grades released by the state would be invalid because they’re based on results from flawed STAAR tests. The suit questioned the ...

A look at Fort Worth ISD’s STAAR scores ... Across all grade levels and subjects, students in the district scored on grade level just 25% of the time, according to an analysis of test data ...

Three current and former Fort Worth ISD teachers outlined their concerns with the state of the district, while several others ...

In spring 2024, for example, the percentage of third-graders in Dallas ISD and Houston ISD who respectively had met or were above grade level in reading were 42% and 45%, according to test results on ...

the percentage of third-graders in Dallas ISD and Houston ISD who respectively had met or were above grade level in reading were 42% and 45%, according to test results on the STAAR, or State of ...