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

School and district ratings should be released, for the sake of transparency and accountability. Doing so represents the ...

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

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

The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board stated that as early as the end of a student's junior year of high school, they ...

Republican Nate Schatzline is running against Democrat Perla Bojorquez as he bids for a second term in the Texas House. The ...

“We need to acknowledge that there’s a system that we have to operate within, and that system is the state of Texas,” Segura said. “[STAAR] is something to be considered but certainly not ...

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

Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath said ... those ratings are based on a flawed assessment instrument (the new STAAR test) that is not valid and reliable,” the lawsuit read.

The Texas Education Agency relies on STAAR results to determine how well schools are performing. During a recent visit to Corpus Christi, TEA Commissioner Mike Morath said that the state believes ...