The Michigan Department of Education wants all K-5 teachers to go through a training called LETRS. Waterford Public Schools ...

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 ...

Nearly half of young New Yorkers statewide are still missing the mark on standardized math and English exams, according to newly released data. The state Education Department released its yearly ...

The annual mandatory STAAR test will soon be gone under a new law Gov. Greg Abbott signed this week. Public school students in third through eighth grades take the high-stakes standardized test each ...

(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, ...

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 ...

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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; ...

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 ...