SAN ANTONIO – For many students and teachers, the STAAR test can be a source of stress and anxiety. But at Mark Twain Dual Language Academy, one teacher is flipping that narrative and getting ...

(CBS News Texas) - Texas lawmakers are set to vote on two bills on Tuesday that could end STAAR testing. The bills that would scrap the test are up for a vote in both the Texas House and Texas Senate.

SAN ANTONIO – The Texas Education Agency has announced the results of the 2024 National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP), and results are not trending well for the state. The NAEP, also known ...

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 ...

Some Houston ISD parents say their children are being presented with STAAR exams even after they opt their children out of the state-mandated assessments. Houston education advocacy group Community ...

The days of making sure your pencil marks stay neatly within the lines are over. This year, almost all Texas students will exercise their skills on the STAAR Test online, according to the Texas ...

DALLAS — Spring STAAR test results released Tuesday showed gains in reading and math statewide. Students in grades 3-8 were tested in reading and math, and fifth and eighth graders were also tested in ...

Public school students must take the tests in various subjects beginning in the third grade. For teachers, strong STAAR results can lead to merit-based salary increases. This bill was updated to ...

April 8 kicks off the first round of STAAR testing across Texas. STAAR stands for the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness. It's a state testing program that has been in place for about 15 ...

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 ...

FORT WORTH, Texas — After the release of school accountability ratings in April prompted talk of a potential state takeover of the district, Fort Worth ISD is reporting gains in some recent state test ...

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 ...