The Texas House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a bill to eliminate the STAAR, a standardized test the state uses to monitor student performance. It has faced criticism from school ...

The Texas House gave preliminary approval Monday to a bill that would eliminate STAAR, the high-stakes standardized test that the state and school districts use to monitor student learning and ...

The Texas House preliminarily approved a bill to replace the STAAR test with a shorter one. The bill aims to reduce testing time and use results to inform instruction, addressing concerns about ...

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 ...

Texas lawmakers want to scrap the much-maligned STAAR test in favor of a series of shorter exams. (Ben Sklar / The New York Times) Texas lawmakers want to scrap the much-maligned STAAR test in ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — As the STAAR test season is winding down, districts across the state have been preparing our students to perform well. "We've got students across the district taking ...

Former Houston ISD teacher and Community Voices for Public Education co-founder Ruth Kravetz speaks about a STAAR test boycott in front of the Hattie Mae White Educational Support Center on Monday ...

Corpus Christi ISD officials offer advice for families to support students during STAAR testing, including ensuring adequate rest, nutrition and positive reinforcement. STAAR results will be ...

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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 ...

Corpus Christi ISD officials offer advice for families to support students during STAAR testing, including ensuring adequate rest, nutrition and positive reinforcement. STAAR results will be ...

STAAR test results are in for the College Station Independent School District and they show students scored above the state average for each test with one exception: seventh-grade mathematics.