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 ...

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 ...

Under state law, Texas students in fifth and eighth grade must pass the STAAR reading and math tests to be promoted to the next grade. Students who did not pass these exams had the opportunity to ...

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 ...

Texas elementary and middle school students improved slightly in reading language arts scores this year, but showed spottier performance in math, according to state test results released Tuesday by ...

Leading educators and testing experts have studied the exams and find that they are asking kids to understand passages aimed two or more years above their grade level. Cynthia Ruiz is the kind of ...

Most of Texas' more than five million public school students will start their State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness exams this week. Taken by students from third grade to high school, the ...