AUSTIN (KXAN) — The test Texas uses to measure student learning outcomes is giving students more advanced reading passages than they are ready for, a new study finds. These findings are especially ...

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Education Agency (TEA) released the spring STAAR testing scores for third through eighth grade students on Tuesday, showing reading and language arts scores improved across ...

Fort Worth Independent School District students saw gains in reading and math across kindergarten through eighth grade this school year — a bright spot that could signal continual growth as the ...

In an archive photo, a student takes a remedial math class at Haltom High School to study for the STAAR state standardized tests. The Texas Education Agency released Spring 2025 STAAR test results on ...

HOUSTON — Many teachers on social media are asking whether the STAAR test is too hard for kids after a popular article suggested many tests are between one to three grade levels too advanced. “I’m not ...

Parents and children arrive at T.A. Sims Elementary School for the first day of school on Monday. Reading scores slipped on this year’s STAAR exam, according to results released Wednesday. Amanda ...

Opponents of the STAAR test have new evidence that the reading portion of the standardized exam given to all Texas schoolchildren remains flawed. Professors Susan Szabo and Becky Barton Sinclair, both ...

Elementary and middle school students taking the STAAR exam this year improved their mathematics scores in Bexar County’s biggest school districts, a trend seen across the state, but produced mixed ...

It looks as though critics of the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness exam test may finally be getting some real traction after complaining into the wind since—well, since the inception ...

This is a developing story and will be updated throughout the day. Texas students’ passing rates on the reading STAAR test mostly held steady, and, while they saw growth in math, performance still ...