Abbott wants an alternative means to gauge student progress and school accountability, not necessarily an end to standardized ...

A state appeals court has ruled the Texas Education Agency can release its 2024 ratings of the state’s school districts, ...

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

See which Cy-Fair ISD elementary school saw students master reading, math and science on this year's STAAR test.

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 ...

At Katy ISD's top elementary schools, 5th grade students master both reading and math. At Pattison Elementary, they master ...

“We are now adopting the Bluebonnet phonics component. So the reading is split into skills and knowledge. Skills is the ...

Dream On, center, ridden by Javier Castellano, splits rivals in the final furlong en route to winning the Grade 3 Penn Mile Stakes at Penn National Race Course June 27, 2025.

Landgraf has sought to eliminate STAAR in previous legislative sessions as well. “We want to have a nationally more-referenced test,” said Landgraf.

The latest STAAR test results reveal many Texas public school students are still struggling to catch up in reading and math after pandemic-related setbacks. Despite efforts by state leaders, experts ...