Standardized Testing

UT put the requirement on hold back in 2020 because of the pandemic. Students seeking admission for the fall 2025 semester will have to submit their SAT or ACT scores.

Manor Middle School was facing the possibility of a charter school partnership after getting “F” grades for several years in a row from the Texas Education Agency. Then, district and campus staff came up with a plan to raise the school’s grade.

Raise Your Hand Texas released a report Tuesday that outlines ways to change how standardized testing is used to evaluate students and schools. The recommendations come just months ahead of the next legislative session.

For the first time since the pandemic, Texas schools will again be rated based on standardized tests. But for one year only, schools that receive a D or F will get a “not rated” label.

A new Texas law allows organizations, rather than the state, to take over schools that repeatedly fail the state's standardized assessment, or STAAR,…

Students of color in the Austin Independent School District aren’t doing as well academically as their white peers, so the district's Board of Trustees…

From Texas Standard:The Texas House of Representatives is set to consider a bill Wednesday that would make it mandatory for public high school students to…

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

90 percent of school districts in Texas met state standards, according to results released Friday by the Texas Education Agency.Under a new rating system…

Austin public school students in fourth and eighth grade scored higher in math and reading than students in other large cities, according to results from…