If approved by Gov. Abbott, House Bill 4 would replace the annual test with shorter exams administered throughout the school year. The Texas Senate on Tuesday passed a bill to eliminate the STAAR test ...

The full TribFest program is now LIVE. TribFest 2025 is presented by JPMorganChase Democrats say recent changes to the bill give too much power to the TEA and fall short of meaningfully easing the ...

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 their math ...

The annual mandatory STAAR test will soon be gone under a new law Gov. Greg Abbott signed this week. Public school students in third through eighth grades take the high-stakes standardized test each ...

When they voted to end the STAAR test, lawmakers said they wanted to reduce the amount of time students spend taking tests.

AUSTIN, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) – State Representative Brooks Landgraf (R-Odessa) said recent action in the Texas House is making progress toward reshaping the state’s standardized testing system. On ...

Before House Bill 8 can go to the governor, the House must formally agree with changes from the Senate, which approved the proposal Wednesday night. Students attend a math and reading workshop at a ...

Texas’ students saw some wins in reading but continued to struggle to bounce back from pandemic-related learning losses in math, state testing results released Tuesday showed. Elementary students who ...

Why does this test dominate so much space in and out of the classroom? The State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, better known as the STAAR test, looms large over education in Texas. Kids ...