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

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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 ...

Early results from the 2025 State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness are in — and we’ve received some good news at ...

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.

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.

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

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

WACO, Texas (KXXV) — Central Texas school districts are weighing in on their STAAR test results released Tuesday, and there are mixed reviews. Temple ISD Superintendent Dr. Bobby Ott said they ...

Carroll ISD and Grapevine-Colleyville ISD are the highest-performing public school districts in Tarrant County in 2025 STAAR test results for reading and math.

As debate over Texas STAAR testing grows, some argue student accountability—not the test—is the real issue.