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 ...

Pictured is an empty classroom with tables and chairs. Gov. Greg Abbott has directed state lawmakers to come up with a replacement for the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) test ...

The Texas House approved Tuesday a bill to overhaul the STAAR test, but House Democrats’ broad opposition to the proposal underlined lingering disagreements over what a new standardized test should ...

A bill to replace the controversial State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) test in Texas schools is just one step away from becoming law. Families and educators, however, are split ...

Texas has been tweaking and twisting its standardized testing system since it was first introduced in 1979, continuously looking for the best way to judge students’ capacity to learn, teachers’ ...

In 2022, I asked whether we should get rid of the State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness (aka STAAR) test. At the time, it was nothing more than an applause line utilized by Beto O’Rourke, ...

Few things rile up parents and educators like the STAAR test, that statewide assessment aimed to measure students, their campus, and their school district. Lawmakers return to Austin this month for a ...

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 public school administrators, parents and education experts worry that a new law to replace the state’s standardized test could potentially increase student stress and the amount of time they ...

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 ...