The state standardized test has long been criticized for taking instructional time away from teachers and putting unnecessary ...

The Texas Legislature is considering changes to the STAAR, our state's high-stakes end-of-year test of student performance.

The chambers differ on how much power districts should have to push back in courts over their accountability ratings. They ...

A House bill wants to eliminate the STAAR test completely, while a Senate bill aims to rename the test again. Both are ...

House Bill 4 would make the test shorter and base scores on how students’ performance compares to national averages.

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 ...

Texas lawmakers have agreed to eliminate the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, though they were still ...

STAAR and the A-F system are the results of changes to education that then-Gov. George W. Bush ushered through the Texas ...

House Bill 4 aims to replace the test, and as of this week, the bill has passed through both the House and the Senate.

A voucher program passed as did a requirement to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom. Here's what you need to ...

Two years in, HISD has made some academic gains as it awaits its 2025 accountability ratings, but it still hasn't met its ...