Texas public school students began taking the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness tests this month. The STAAR tests evaluate student knowledge and skills learned throughout the school ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — School across the state are navigating a new standardized testing regulation that utilizes artificial intelligence to grade open-ended questions for the STAAR test.

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - Although the official accountability ratings have not yet been released by the Texas Education Agency, due to pending litigation, LISD has identified areas of concern. Beth ...

LONGVIEW, Texas (KLTV) - East Texas public school students can expect a change in state testing in the coming years. The STAAR test at the end of the year will be replaced with three new shorter tests ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Frustration over the way Texas uses computers to grade students' essays on the STAAR test is building after Dallas ISD officials again saw more than one-third of the exams they submitted for review ...

After day after day watching her fourth grade daughter cry, Tereza and her husband finally got to the bottom of it. Daniela was afraid of taking the STAAR test this year. The prospect had become ...

A legislative proposal to reshape Texas’ standardized testing system could provide more time for school districts like Austin that are facing a tight timeline to turn around schools that have ...