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Did Texas lawmakers eliminate the STAAR test? What will replace it?

After more than a decade of Texas students sitting for the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness or STAAR tests, the standardized test is slated to be scrapped. In September, Gov. Greg ...
KSAT

Texas is officially replacing STAAR. Here is what schools’ new standardized tests will look like.

A bill that would replace STAAR, the state's standardized test, with three shorter tests is headed to Gov. Greg Abbott's desk. (Eli Hartman/The Texas Tribune, Eli Hartman/The Texas Tribune) Sign up ...
NBC DFW

Texas nears STAAR test replacement again months after spring deal fell through

Texas may be just days away from replacing the STAAR test, the controversial end-of-year exam for public school students. A deal fell through in the spring at the state capitol, but lawmakers are back ...
Tyler Morning Telegraph

Here’s what Texas families need to know about STAAR test changes

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 ...
The Texas Tribune

Texas is officially replacing STAAR. Here is what schools’ new standardized tests will look like.

The Brief keeps Texas voters and political observers up to speed on the most essential coverage of their elected officials, the policies that shape their daily lives and the future of our great state.
Odessa American

Texas is poised to replace STAAR. Here is what schools’ new standardized tests would look like

Texas lawmakers have sent legislation replacing STAAR, the state’s widely unpopular state standardized test, to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk. Once Abbott signs House Bill 8, Texas will swap the State of ...
WFAA8

Texas is poised to replace STAAR. Here is what schools’ new standardized tests would look like.

AUSTIN, Texas — This article was originally published by our content partners at the Texas Tribune. Read the original article here. Texas lawmakers have sent legislation replacing STAAR, the state’s ...