HISD students' biology scores improved more than any other subject during state intervention. Ninth-grade students at NES campuses aren't allowed to take it.

For two years, state-appointed superintendent Mike Miles has pushed thousands of students into less rigorous math and science ...

Districts around the Panhandle are receiving preliminary STAAR test results and highlighting focus areas for the upcoming school year.

For some bilingual students, fully understanding subjects such as biology, writing, math, and others can cause them to fall ...

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 ...

While the STAAR test sounds great on paper, we talked to Abilene ISD’s Superintendent, who said it's really all about politics.

State lawmakers agreed on doing away with the test in favor of three new ones spread through the school year but reached an impasse over who should write the new exams.

Reading scores have surpassed pre-pandemic levels while math scores for third through eighth grade students are still lagging behind.

Texas lawmakers widely agree on the need to scrap the state’s standardized STAAR test, which is loathed by kids, parents and teachers alike. But an effort to do so this legislative session ...