AUSTIN (Texas Tribune) — Students sitting for their STAAR exams this week will be part of a new method of evaluating Texas schools: Their written answers on the state’s standardized tests will ...

The Texas Education Agency (TEA), conducted an assessment of the validity and reliability of the STAAR test in 2016. The study found that “a given test score could be ‘valid’ for one use but ...

STAAR tests have been used to measure student achievement for four years. The performance standards were scheduled to be moved up two years ago, but Williams has been holding them down. The Texas ...

There will be plenty of bad blood and pent-up hatred let loose when No. 3 Texas squares off against historical rival Arkansas on Saturday afternoon in a Southeastern Conference dustup in Fayetteville, ...

Revising the social studies curriculum could be among the divisive issues the Texas State Board of Education tackles next year.

AISD Superintendent Matt Smith entered his role in January. Trustees will now evaluate how he’s met the district’s needs to ...

Former DeSoto ISD trustee Tiffany Clark is running unopposed to replace Aicha Davis, who stepped down to run for a Texas House seat.

This election season, our editorial board invited candidates in 39 state and local races to interview with us. We sat down with dozens of them and offer you our recommendations below. For our ...

Tragically for Texas families, this gang consistently prioritizes the ... Parents, students and their teachers would be ...

Last week, the Greenville campus of Pioneer Technology & Arts Academy announced that it had received a letter grade of an A ...

He also believes that using the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR), the state’s standardized test, as a graduation requirement is ineffective and harmful to students ...