SAN ANTONIO – For many students and teachers, the STAAR test can be a source of stress and anxiety. But at Mark Twain Dual Language Academy, one teacher is flipping that narrative and getting ...

Erika De La Rosa was excited when she heard about the sweeping changes to the STAAR exam. "When they initially announced it, as an English teacher, it sounded like a fantastic idea because writing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Texas Education Agency released elementary and middle school state assessment results Friday, showing that Coastal Bend and ...

DALLAS — The Texas Education Agency released the most recent State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) results for students in grades three through eight. In the spring of 2023, ...

House lawmakers are proposing to replace the state’s annual STAAR exams with a series of tests given throughout the year under a plan they say would reduce the exams’ high-stakes nature and relieve ...

Students made gains in most State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness tests from the prior year, with steady improvements within Houston ISD that prompted leaders to tout a "Houston Comeback." ...

DALLAS — Spring STAAR test results released Tuesday showed gains in reading and math statewide. Students in grades 3-8 were tested in reading and math, and fifth and eighth graders were also tested in ...

Students sitting for their STAAR exams this week will be part of a new method of evaluating Texas schools: Their written answers on the state’s standardized tests will be graded automatically by ...

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, ...

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 ...

STAAR testing begins across Texas on Tuesday. Students sitting for their STAAR exams this week will be part of a new method of evaluating Texas schools: Their written answers on the state’s ...