State lawmakers agreed on doing away with the test in favor of three new ones spread through the school year but reached an ...

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.

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 ...

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

Central Texas State Rep. Brad Buckley of District 54, says the current test causes anxiety at an "all-time high." Marjorie Taylor Greene finds herself in a difficult position Chicago Bears ...

Abbott’s lengthy agenda for the Texas Legislature includes unfinished business, such as eliminating the STAAR test, and ...

The special session agenda also includes eliminating the STAAR test, cutting property taxes, enacting THC and hemp ...

Those who failed the STAAR test “are unlikely to succeed in the next grade or course without significant, ongoing academic intervention,” according to Texas Education Agency documents.

Districts had sued against the release of last year's scores over concerns of officials rolling out an automated system to ...