Texas’ first special session of 2025 starts Monday, during which state lawmakers will consider new congressional maps approve ...

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

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

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

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

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State Rep. Brooks Landgraf, has filed House Bill 92 in an effort to eliminate the STAAR test and reduce standardized testing ...

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

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

See which Cy-Fair ISD elementary school saw students master reading, math and science on this year's STAAR test.

STAAR test scores on par with statewide results Fredericksburg excels in science, Harper superior in reading ...

These moves, some of which were previously reported by the Houston Chronicle, inflated test scores by forcing thousands of students at struggling schools to take STAAR exams a year later than ...