Students at Lone Star High School in Frisco wrote English essays during a practice test in February 2011. Frisco ISD gave most of its STAAR tests online, but a tech glitch bogged down the system and ...

Students across the state completed state-mandated tests in May. The State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, or STAAR test, is used to determine whether a student is likely to be successful ...

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Results for the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness exams were released this week, showing improvement in certain areas across the state. Results for math, reading language arts, science ...

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 ...

A legislative effort to scrap the STAAR test to respond to concerns that the test puts unnecessary pressure on students died in the last days of the legislative session. House Bill 4, authored by ...

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 ...

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 ...

AUSTIN — The controversial STAAR test will be back next school year along with 5 million public school students after a bill that would have eliminated the end-of-year exam died Sunday when House and ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Frustrations and questions linger after STAAR testing resumes following a statewide online glitch on Tuesday. On Wednesday, STAAR testing resumed for students across Texas, ...

The Texas House voted to advance a bill on Tuesday that could end STAAR testing. The House greenlit plans to scrap the state exam, advancing House Bill 8. The state Senate is set to discuss its ...