The latest results of Mississippi’s third-grade reading test show no dramatic declines or gains in student performance.

The end of the STAAR Test is near... Texas House lawmakers voted to abolish it and replace it with a new testing system. Here's what we know about the format of these new tests. 27,523 people played ...

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Rep. Brad Buckley, R-Salado, introduced House Bill 8 to eliminate the STAAR test and replace it with three shorter tests administered throughout the school year. The measure passed the House on ...

Lawmakers in the Texas House and Senate introduced Monday similar bills to scrap the state’s standardized test, signaling newfound agreement between chamber leaders to finish a task they left ...

Frustration over the way Texas uses computers to grade students’ essays on the STAAR test is building after Dallas ISD officials again saw more than one-third of the exams they submitted for review ...

AUSTIN — The future of the STAAR test could soon be in question, as Gov. Greg Abbott urges lawmakers to craft a new plan to measure student achievement and school accountability across the state.

DALLAS — The Dallas ISD superintendent said newly-released preliminary data from the STAAR state test showed the district's strategies are largely working to improve student results, even as she ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — STAAR test results were released for grades 3-8 on Tuesday for reading, math, science and social studies. Those results are showing progress and a need for improvement for some Texas ...