The days of making sure your pencil marks stay neatly within the lines are over. This year, almost all Texas students will exercise their skills on the STAAR Test online, according to the Texas ...

A Texas and American flag hang in fifth grade teacher Mr. Mejicanos classroom at the Bowie Fine Arts Academy in Grand Prairie on Monday, Oct. 23, 2023. Starting in the 2027-28 school year, the State ...

The Texas House voted almost unanimously on Monday to scrap STAAR testing in favor of a series of shorter exams that public school students would take throughout the year. The plan, House Bill 4, is a ...

The crash happened around 3:45 p.m. Friday at Commercial and Division avenues. The state takeover of the Fort Worth Independent School District is largely based on student performance on the State of ...

When lawmakers voted in September to eliminate Texas’ end-of-year state test and replace it with three shorter exams, they said they wanted to reduce the amount of time students spend taking ...

Gov. Greg Abbott added legislation to eliminate the STAAR test to the agenda on July 9 Credit: art by Zeke Barbaro / Getty Images Texas’ standardized test, STAAR, has no shortage of opponents.