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 ...

Results of the latest STAAR tests for Wichita Falls ISD prompted the superintendent, Dr. Donny Lee, to call for “drastic” ...

The Texas Education Agency (TEA), conducted an assessment of the validity and reliability of the STAAR test in 2016. The study found that “a given test score could be ‘valid’ for one use but ...

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

It’s about time. STAAR tests have been used to measure student achievement for four years. The performance standards were scheduled to be moved up two years ago, but Williams has been holding ...

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 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 ...

This election season, our editorial board invited candidates in 39 state and local races to interview with us. We sat down ...

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 ...

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

The data is sobering. Math scores are dropping, reading scores are stagnant, and absenteeism rates are rising. These ...

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