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It feels like Texas Republicans want to claim they eliminated the STAAR test, public school advocates say, but without actually getting rid of it. On Tuesday, the state’s dominant party passed a bill ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Texas is replacing STAAR tests in the 2027-28 school year. (Ian McVea/Star-Telegram archives) When lawmakers voted in September to ...

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 ...

The full TribFest program is now LIVE. TribFest 2025 is presented by JPMorganChase Democrats say recent changes to the bill give too much power to the TEA and fall short of meaningfully easing the ...

STAAR tests are far from the only standardized exams students take each year. Some districts also give students optional ...

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 ...

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 ...

(CBS News Texas) - Texas lawmakers are set to vote on two bills on Tuesday that could end STAAR testing. The bills that would scrap the test are up for a vote in both the Texas House and Texas Senate.

A STAAR test booklet for seventh-grade math. State lawmakers are expected to consider a replacement for the test during this special session. / Texas Education Agency We have heard plenty of criticism ...

As the regular legislative session drew to a close last month, a proposal to scrap Texas' state test died when lawmakers couldn't agree about what to replace it with. But lawmakers could get a second ...