STAAR test scores also largely determine how the ... Students in Texas start STAAR testing beginning in 3rd grade.

The Texas Education Agency is defending its decision to let computers grade students’ STAAR essay test questions in the face ...

The new STAAR test has been the subject of litigation that has prevented the release of school district A-F accountability ...

starting in third grade. C&I has made those adjustments this year,” Boyer said. There are also gaps in testing. Students in fifth grade take the STAAR science test, but aren’t tested in the ...

STAAR is the widely criticized assessment instrument used to grade students ... especially in grades 3-8). At the same time, he implicitly acknowledged that the test is mandated by state law ...

Students in Arlington ISD face higher performance expectations heading into 2025, prompting some school board members to ...

The event overlapped with the Fort Worth ISD school board’s appointment of an interim superintendent. Karen Molinar takes ...

WICHITA FALLS (KFDX/KJTL) — WFISD board members are once again discouraged but determined to take action regarding low performance on the last STAAR ... grade levels, overall, the test results ...

Educator, writer, and researcher Dr. Irma Guadarrama pens a guest column about a lawsuit brought by various Texas school ...

Standardized testing has always been a mixed bag. Oversight and metrics are necessary for any statewide institution, but teachers and parents are well aware of the stress students experience when ...

For those of us with low-grade serous ovarian cancer (LGSOC ... died a year earlier at age 34. The third, Bailey Wolfe, serves on STAAR’s all-volunteer board, which includes five other women ...

The district's goal is for at least 58% of third grade students to score at the "meets grade level" performance range or above on STAAR math and reading tests by 2028. Last year, the district was ...