As North Texas students continue with STAAR testing, there is a major change to the way part of the test will be scored. A computer program and technology will score written answers. According to the ...

High school students’ scores statewide and in Austin saw improvements in Algebra 1 since 2024, but declined in English tests, according to end-of-course assessment data newly released Tuesday. The ...

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 ...

In the Coastal Bend, student performance on recent spring 2024 end-of-course state assessments was similar to state averages, showing little change from 2023. The Texas Education Agency released ...

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Education Agency (TEA) released Spring STAAR test results on Tuesday for high school end-of-course exams. The results showed slight changes in the performance of Texas ...

After day after day watching her fourth grade daughter cry, Tereza and her husband finally got to the bottom of it. Daniela was afraid of taking the STAAR test this year. The prospect had become ...

WACO, Texas (KWTX) - As students are getting ready for summer, they are now able to view the preliminary scores for their End of Course STAAR tests, which were released on Friday, June 7th. Last year ...

A bill that would replace STAAR, the state's standardized test, with three shorter tests is headed to Gov. Greg Abbott's desk. (Eli Hartman/The Texas Tribune, Eli Hartman/The Texas Tribune) Sign up ...

Before House Bill 8 can go to the governor, the House must formally agree with changes from the Senate, which approved the proposal Wednesday night. Students attend a math and reading workshop at a ...

Gov. Greg Abbott added legislation to eliminate the STAAR test to the agenda on July 9 Credit: art by Zeke Barbaro / Getty Images Texas’ standardized test, STAAR, has no shortage of opponents.

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 ...

AUSTIN, Texas — This article was originally published by our content partners at the Texas Tribune. Read the original article here. Texas lawmakers have sent legislation replacing STAAR, the state’s ...