AUSTIN, Texas — State Representative Brooks Landgraf (R-Odessa) has filed a new bill to scrap the STAAR Test from Texas ...

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Abbott wants an alternative means to gauge student progress and school accountability, not necessarily an end to standardized ...

State Rep. Brooks Landgraf, has filed House Bill 92 in an effort to eliminate the STAAR test and reduce standardized testing ...

Waco ISD elementary students showed improvement in reading on this year's STAAR tests, particularly among young readers. Math, on the other hand, proved problematic at both elementary and ...

A St. Louis startup is pioneering a new approach to gene editing in crops, and the National Science Foundation just gave it a ...

What Happened? A number of stocks fell in the afternoon session after the U.S. administration announced a sharp escalation in trade tensions by threatening new tariffs on Canada. The wider market ...