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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

STAAR test results are included in the state of Texas’ accountability rating system for schools. Ron Jenkins Star-Telegram/Ron Jenkins Efforts to reform the State of Texas Assessment of Academic ...

Standing across from House Democrats on the chamber floor Tuesday, Rep. Brad Buckley defended his bill to replace STAAR, the state’s widely unpopular standardized test. Just months ago, they had been ...

“Begin test now” starts the three- to four-hour standardized exam taken by all public school students in Texas. The State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, commonly known as STAAR, is heavy, ...

The annual mandatory STAAR test will soon be gone under a new law Gov. Greg Abbott signed this week. Public school students in third through eighth grades take the high-stakes standardized test each ...

Gov. Greg Abbott has made eliminating STAAR, the state’s almost universally loathed education assessment, a top priority this summer. If he really believes the STAAR must go, then he should veto the ...

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 ...