Texas schools using STEMscopes Math in fourth grade showed significant gains on the 2024 State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) in math. A new research study found that the ...

The days of making sure your pencil marks stay neatly within the lines are over. This year, almost all Texas students will exercise their skills on the STAAR Test online, according to the Texas ...

Most of Texas' more than five million public school students will start their State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness exams this week. Taken by students from third grade to high school, the ...

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 favor of ...

Teachers, public school students and their parents may soon be free of the dreaded standardized STAAR tests. The state House Committee on Public Education met Monday morning to discuss House Bill 8, ...

Frustration over the way Texas uses computers to grade students’ essays on the STAAR test is building after Dallas ISD officials again saw more than one-third of the exams they submitted for review ...

FORT WORTH, Texas — After the release of school accountability ratings in April prompted talk of a potential state takeover of the district, Fort Worth ISD is reporting gains in some recent state test ...

High school students’ scores statewide and in Austin saw improvements in Algebra 1 since 2024, but declined in English tests, according to end-of-course assessment data newly released Tuesday. The ...

Two years into state intervention, students at Houston ISD campuses within the New Education System have made gains that outpaced their peers - although their scores remain far behind their ...