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 ...

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 ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The results from the latest STAAR exams are out, and Houston ISD Superintendent Mike Miles is talking about his students' performance. The results are disappointing, he says, ...

/ Texas Education Agency Texas elementary and middle school students made gains in reading this year, prompting education leaders to celebrate the scores as a sign that the state’s focus on literacy ...

Texas children’s performance on an annual reading test was basically flat from 2012 to 2021, even as the state spent billions of additional dollars on K-12 education. I recently did a peer-reviewed ...

The Texas Education Agency released the 2025 STAAR test results Tuesday morning for grades 3-8. This includes tests in reading language arts, mathematics, science and social studies. The state agency ...

Students in Texas public schools are making progress but continue to struggle with key aspects of learning, according to the latest STAAR test results. The main culprit is a dramatic loss of learning ...

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 ...

Texas' students saw some wins in reading but continued to struggle to bounce back from pandemic-related learning losses in math, state testing results released Tuesday showed. Elementary students who ...

Fort Worth ISD Superintendent Karen Molinar gives a presentation on student academics and the instructional framework during a FWISD School Board meeting May 20 at the District Administration Building ...

The Texas House of Representatives has overwhelmingly passed legislation that would do away with the STAAR, the state’s end-of-year standardized test, and replace it with shorter exams for students ...

Students attend a math and reading workshop at a STAAR summer camp held at Dobie Middle School on July 23, 2025. Texas lawmakers will try again to revamp the state’s standardized test during this year ...