Texas has been tweaking and twisting its standardized testing system since it was first introduced in 1979, continuously looking for the best way to judge students’ capacity to learn, teachers’ ...

Students at Lone Star High School in Frisco wrote English essays during a practice test in February 2011. Frisco ISD gave most of its STAAR tests online, but a tech glitch bogged down the system and ...

A Texas and American flag hang in fifth grade teacher Mr. Mejicanos classroom at the Bowie Fine Arts Academy in Grand Prairie on Monday, Oct. 23, 2023. Starting in the 2027-28 school year, the State ...

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 2022, I asked whether we should get rid of the State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness (aka STAAR) test. At the time, it was nothing more than an applause line utilized by Beto O’Rourke, ...

AUSTIN (Texas Tribune) - 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 ...

AUSTIN — The future of the STAAR test could soon be in question, as Gov. Greg Abbott urges lawmakers to craft a new plan to measure student achievement and school accountability across the state.

AUSTIN (Nexstar) — A plan to remove the unpopular State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) received final approval in the Texas House of Representatives Tuesday afternoon but will ...

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AUSTIN — The annual mandatory Texas STAAR test for millions of public school students would be gone in two years under legislation sent to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk late Wednesday. The high-stakes ...

DALLAS -- The annual mandatory STAAR test will soon be gone under a new law Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed Wednesday night. Public school students in third through eighth grades take the high-stakes ...