STAAR tests are far from the only standardized exams students take each year. Some districts also give students optional ...

After more than a decade of Texas students sitting for the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness or STAAR tests, the standardized test is slated to be scrapped. In September, Gov. Greg ...

A Texas and American flag hang in fifth grade teacher Mr. Mejicanos classroom at the Bowie Fine Arts Academy in Grand Prairie on Monday, Oct. 23, 2023. Starting in the 2027-28 school year, the State ...

(The Center Square) – Student excitement about the legislature abolishing the annual statewide standardized test may be short lived. Instead of one test, students will soon have to take three. HB 8, ...

The Texas House and Senate are inching closer to a deal that would end the state’s standardized testing regime as we know it. Unfortunately, like a certain steamboat pilot turned author whose work we ...

Students arrive at Albert C. Black STEAM Academy during the first day of school, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025, in Dallas. Chitose Suzuki / Staff Photographer Five Dallas ISD schools saw higher A-F ...

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Test scores rose slightly after math scores previously fell last year ...

More on the special session of the legislature and a deep dive into the unpopular STAAR test. The legislature gets to work on flooding and redistricting; a deep dive into the unpopular STAAR test; ...

Gov. Greg Abbott added legislation to eliminate the STAAR test to the agenda on July 9 Credit: art by Zeke Barbaro / Getty Images Texas’ standardized test, STAAR, has no shortage of opponents.

Few things rile up parents and educators like the STAAR test, that statewide assessment aimed to measure students, their campus, and their school district. Lawmakers return to Austin this month for a ...

Mike Miles is taking a victory lap. Last month, the Houston Independent School District’s state-appointed superintendent unveiled the district’s latest standardized-test results at a packed school ...