STAAR Testing

After a long wait, the Texas Senate has finally unveiled a thorough proposal for how to tackle school finance and school property tax reform — bringing…

From Texas Standard:From botched distribution of exams to concerns about so-called teaching to the test, educators and parents alike have been critical of…

From Texas Standard:Stakes can be high for students and teachers in Texas when it comes to standardized testing – specifically, STAAR testing. Students…

From Texas Standard:It’s standardized testing season for Texas public school students. For some school districts, test time means missing documents,…

From Texas Standard:Penalties for the vendor behind this year's botched state student achievement tests total $1.4 million and Texas education officials…

The state’s education commissioner revealed on Wednesday the scope of a computer glitch that caused some students taking state standardized exams to lose…

Gov. Greg Abbott warmed up his bill-signing pen on Monday, approving a measure ensuring that some high school seniors who fail to pass state exams can…

As the state integrates a directive that requires eighth-graders in Texas public schools to have graphing calculators for STAAR testing, some poorer Texas…

Standardized testing in Texas begins today and some parents across the state are choosing to opt their children out of the testing process.Last week, a…

The English I writing exam is giving Texas students trouble.According to the Texas Education Agency, only 15 percent of students who took the writing exam…