Opponents of the STAAR test have new evidence that the reading portion of the standardized exam given to all Texas schoolchildren remains flawed. Professors Susan Szabo and Becky Barton Sinclair, both ...

As Texas school districts wind down at the end of the year, students across the state are undergoing state testing that is reportedly being conducted using a new grading method. According to the Texas ...

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 ...

A sample of statewide STAAR tests mostly align with state standards, but experts found it difficult to assess if individual questions meet reading grade levels, a study released Monday by the ...

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The school year is coming to a close, but families still have a few weeks to wait to see how students performed on state assessments. The State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, known ...

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Houston ISD's school board has suspended its use of STAAR test scores in deciding whether some students will be held back, or promoted to the next grade. "This is a big deal," said ...

Students at Vista Academy in Tyler get loud at a black light and neon pep rally held to pump them up for the STAAR Test next week. (Victor Texcucano/Staff) The lights were turned off, plunging the ...

Across Central Texas, the top performing school districts on newly released annual state testing data tended to be in areas with lower proportions of economically disadvantaged and emergent bilingual ...

Texas could lose “essentially all” federal funding for public schools — about $6 billion in the past academic year — if state leaders cancel standardized tests in response to the disruption caused by ...

Most of Texas' more than five million public school students will start their State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness exams this week. Taken by students from third grade to high school, the ...