Teacher unions, lawmakers and parents say they were blindsided by the changes they fear could punish students who give ...

The most recent preliminary STAAR test results for 2023-2024 show BISD getting a D and 16 of 23 BISD campuses scoring a D or ...

The last time we checked in with our local school district, the trustees were pondering the connection between Austin ISD’s teaching goals and the state’s STAAR test. STAAR is the widely ...

Revising the social studies curriculum could be among the divisive issues the Texas State Board of Education tackles next ...

Oversight and metrics are necessary for any statewide institution, but teachers and parents are well aware of the stress students experience when preparing for the STAAR test at the end of every ...

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

“During the 2023–24 school year, the Commissioner radically changed the way the new STAAR test is being administered by replacing human graders with AI grading,” their lawsuit states.

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

We recommend in the race for State Board of Education, District 11 -- Democrat Rayna Glasser and Republican Brandon Hall look ...

Ector County ISD had a mixed bag in terms of STAAR test results from spring 2024 and is working to improve them. Subjects they will be working on are fifth and eighth grade science, eighth grade ...

The third, Bailey Wolfe, serves on STAAR’s all-volunteer board ... LGSOC has no early detection test and is frequently diagnosed in later stages because of a general lack of awareness about ...

ECTOR COUNTY, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) – Significant changes to the STAAR test caused Ector County ISD’s scores to decline, along with the entire state’s scores. Those changes included new question ...