AUSTIN (Texas Tribune) — Students sitting for their STAAR exams this week will be part of a new method of evaluating Texas schools: Their written answers on the state’s standardized tests will ...

The Texas Education Agency (TEA), conducted an assessment of the validity and reliability of the STAAR test in 2016. The study found that “a given test score could be ‘valid’ for one use but ...

STAAR tests have been used to measure student achievement for four years. The performance standards were scheduled to be moved up two years ago, but Williams has been holding them down. The Texas ...

Revising the social studies curriculum could be among the divisive issues the Texas State Board of Education tackles next year.

On this week’s episode of Big Country Politics, Glen Hill, Superintendent of Paint Creek ISD in Haskell County, spoke about a ...

Texas Education Agency Commissioner Mike Morath ... Yet another concern is how cellphones can be tools to crib answers to tests. It is not difficult for one student to take a picture of an exam ...

This election season, our editorial board invited candidates in 39 state and local races to interview with us. We sat down with dozens of them and offer you our recommendations below. For our ...

Former DeSoto ISD trustee Tiffany Clark is running unopposed to replace Aicha Davis, who stepped down to run for a Texas House seat.

The school board is reconsidering Texas’ teacher incentive allotment, which gives educators raises based on student growth.

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He also believes that using the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR), the state’s standardized test, as a graduation requirement is ineffective and harmful to students ...