House Bill 8 replaces the once-a-year State of Texas Academic Assessment of Readiness with tests at the beginning, middle and ...

Staar Surgical will remain independent after a bitter shareholder battle that has raged for the past several months has now ...

The implantable lens maker said it would remain a stand-alone company after its shareholders turned down Alcon’s $1.6 billion ...

CREEED’s Education for All Initiative honors teachers at five elementary schools in El Paso County with a large number of ...

The annual mandatory STAAR test will soon be gone under a new law Gov. Greg Abbott signed this week. Public school students in third through eighth grades take the high-stakes standardized test each ...

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 ...

Lawmakers in the Texas House and Senate introduced Monday similar bills to scrap the state’s standardized test, signaling newfound agreement between chamber leaders to finish a task they left ...

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Education news and commentary, delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 newsletter. Texas’ students saw some wins in reading but continued to struggle to bounce back from pandemic-related ...

TEXAS — Texas parents are getting a look at how their kids are doing in the classroom, with the release of State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) test scores for students in the ...

/ Texas Education Agency Texas elementary and middle school students made gains in reading this year, prompting education leaders to celebrate the scores as a sign that the state’s focus on literacy ...

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Education Agency (TEA) released the spring STAAR testing scores for third through eighth grade students on Tuesday, showing reading and language arts scores improved across ...