The Senate’s rewrite of House Bill 4 reflects a gap in what the chambers want to see out of the new state assessment and the ...

STAAR and the A-F system are the results of changes to education that then-Gov. George W. Bush ushered through the Texas ...

Despite not being required to, 21 of Texas' 900 private schools give the STAAR test. The majority of those schools are ...

The Texas Legislature is considering reforms to the state's standardized test of student progress. Tell us your stories and ...

which would replace the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness test with three nationally norm-referenced tests, which students would take throughout the school year. The Senate on ...

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 ...

AUSTIN, Texas - Texas lawmakers have given initial approval to a bill that would abolish the STAAR test. The STAAR test is a ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Texas House gave preliminary approval Monday to a bill that would eliminate the STAAR test. Credit: Eli Hartman/The Texas Tribune Audio recording is automated for accessibility. Humans wrote ...

The Texas House gave preliminary approval Monday to a bill that would eliminate the STAAR test. The Texas House gave preliminary approval Monday to a bill that would eliminate STAAR, the high ...