This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. The state standardized test has long been criticized for taking ...

One of the biggest elements of the bill is ending the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, or STAAR test. There have been complaints on both sides of the aisle that the STAAR test is ...

A legislative effort to scrap the STAAR test to respond to concerns that the test puts unnecessary pressure on students died in the last days of the legislative session. House Bill 4, authored by ...

Lots of people hate the STAAR test – students (of course), teachers (of course), but also parents and principals. Austin state representative Gina Hinojosa has a story she tells to demonstrate h ...

AUSTIN (Texas Tribune) - A legislative effort to scrap the STAAR test to respond to concerns that the test puts unnecessary pressure on students died in the last days of the legislative session.

Lawmakers failed to approve a bill to eliminate the STAAR test during the legislative session. (Pu Ying Huang For The Texas Tribune, Pu Ying Huang For The Texas Tribune) Sign up for The Brief ...

The STAAR test could live another year after the House and the Senate failed to reach an agreement over House Bill 4 before the end of the 89th Texas Legislative Session. The House’s version of ...

The bill, backed by state Sen. Paul Bettencourt, proposes eliminating the single, high-stakes STAAR test and instead implementing three shorter assessments spread throughout the school year.

The Texas Legislature is considering changes to the STAAR, our state's high-stakes end-of-year test of student performance. So recently, we asked how the STAAR has affected you and people around you.

(The Texas Tribune) The Texas Senate on Tuesday approved the House bill that would scrap STAAR, the state standardized test widely criticized for taking instructional time away from teachers and ...