Teachers, public school students and their parents may soon be free of the dreaded standardized STAAR tests. The state House Committee on Public Education met Monday morning to discuss House Bill 8, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Flour Bluff ISD, too big for extra state funds, asks for lawmaker help April is STAAR season in Texas public schools. STAAR, the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 2026 STAAR results for Texas high school students will be released this week. The Texas Education Agency will release results this ...

The number of requests to rescore students’ STAAR tests nearly tripled from last year as more Texas schools sought reviews of ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — As the STAAR test season is winding down, districts across the state have been preparing our students to perform well. "We've got students across the district taking their math ...

Frustration over the way Texas uses computers to grade students' essays on the STAAR test is building after Dallas ISD officials again saw more than one-third of the exams they submitted for review ...

Students attend a math and reading workshop at a STAAR summer camp held at Dobie Middle School on July 23, 2025. Texas lawmakers will try again to revamp the state’s standardized test during this year ...

House Bill 4 would replace the current State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, better known as the STAAR, and tighten accountability standards used to rank school and district performance.

Why does this test dominate so much space in and out of the classroom? The State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, better known as the STAAR test, looms large over education in Texas. Kids ...

April 8 kicks off the first round of STAAR testing across Texas. STAAR stands for the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness. It's a state testing program that has been in place for about 15 ...

April is STAAR season in Texas public schools. STAAR, the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, are the standardized tests Texas students take at the end of the school year starting in ...