The Texas Senate approved legislation Tuesday night aimed at revising the state’s school accountability system and replacing ...

The Texas Senate passed House Bill 4, aiming to replace the STAAR exam with three shorter tests throughout the year.

The Texas Senate on Tuesday approved the House bill that would scrap STAAR, the state standardized test widely criticized for ...

A deep dive into the test’s framework reveals it was designed to fail about the same share of students every year, even if ...

Editor’s note: A correction was issued to reflect the House took a preliminary step to eliminating the STAAR test. AUSTIN (Nexstar) — The Texas House of Representatives took one more step Monday to ...

The new version of the STAAR has two notable changes: All students will take the test online — a move that’s already been happening because of online learning — and 25% of the questions ...

First off, HB 4 would direct the Texas Education Agency to shorten the STAAR test as much as possible. That would come as a welcome reprieve to the students and parents who sweat blood over the ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The first STAAR test of the year is just a few weeks away and exams will be unlike any other assessments given in the past, as testing will be 100 percent online.

HOUSTON — The first STAAR test of the year will be on Tuesday, and this year, the exams will look a little different: They'll be entirely online. The Texas Education Agency has some tips for ...

Students across the state completed state-mandated tests in May. The State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, or STAAR test, is used to determine whether a student is likely to be ...

Texas public school students began taking the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness tests this month. The STAAR tests evaluate student knowledge and skills learned throughout the school ...

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 ...