It’s easy to test but hard to teach. The next chapter in Texas education policy must start with a bold but simple shift.

AUSTIN, Texas — State Representative Brooks Landgraf (R-Odessa) has filed a new bill to scrap the STAAR Test from Texas ...

Texas lawmakers return to Austin for the special session called by Governor Abbott. Eliminating and replacing the STAAR test is one of the topics.

After multiple failed attempts in recent years, State Representative Brooks Landgraf (R-Odessa) is once again trying to ...

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

State Representative Brooks Landgraf is once again filing a motion to eliminate the STAAR standardized test in public schools.

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After dozens died in the Hill Country floods, flood alerts, sirens, and relief top Gov. Abbott's special session agenda. Here ...

The special session agenda also includes eliminating the STAAR test, cutting property taxes, enacting THC and hemp ...

Texas has 38 House of Representatives, also referred to as a congressman or congresswoman. Each representative is elected to a two-year term serving the people of a specific congressional district, ...

DISD saw gains in the percentage of students meeting grade-level expectations, and these achievements should be celebrated.

State Sen. Paul Bettencourt isn’t sure 30 days will be enough time to address 18 agenda items during the special session.