Texas House Bill 4 would replace STAAR with three shorter tests given throughout the year, offering results within 24 hours ...

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

After more than a decade as the official student exam in Texas, the STAAR test may be on its way out. The State of Texas ...

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

The House, which differs with senators on districts’ power to sue over their A-F ratings, must now decide whether to renegotiate or risk keeping STAAR by default.

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On Monday, the Texas House gave near-unanimous initial approval to a bill that would replace the STAAR test in the next school year. The Texas Education Agency has been using STAAR test results ...

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 ...