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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fort Worth Independent School District students saw gains in reading and math across kindergarten through eighth grade this school ...

Eighth-graders across Bexar County and statewide failed Texas’ standardized reading test in much greater numbers than last year’s eighth-graders, but passing rates for fifth-graders generally ...

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 ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — New STAAR data released Monday from the Texas Education Agency reveals that many students tested in 2021 slipped significantly in their academic proficiency compared to 2019, the last ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In an archive photo, a student takes a remedial math class at Haltom High School to study for the STAAR state standardized tests.

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 ...

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 ...

Students' STAAR reading scores rebounded to pre-pandemic levels, but Texas kids continue to struggle in math. Texas students’ reading passing rates on STAAR have rebounded to pre-pandemic levels after ...

Research showing that reading passages on Texas standardized tests were years above grade level inspired calls for action this legislative session. Lawmakers responded by passing a bill to study the ...