Significant changes to the STAAR test caused Ector County ISD’s scores to decline, along with the entire state’s scores.

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The district saw a decline in early childhood reading and math performance alongside improvements to college, career and ...

Standardized testing has always been a mixed bag. Oversight and metrics are necessary for any statewide institution, but teachers and parents are well aware of the stress students experience when ...

As one of the items in a marathon meeting of the Texas State Board of Education, how to improve Texas students’ performance ...

Nacogdoches ISD has joined a lawsuit against the Texas Education Agency that claims the state’s new, automated online grading ...

Around this time last year, the education news landscape was buzzing about one school district’s plan to improve test scores ...

In defense of Ramsey, community member and mother of six Fort Worth ISD graduates Reed Bliz said she felt the blame was put ...

School districts say the state's new data reporting system isn't ready and is jeopardizing their funding, and more than a ...