STAAR is the widely criticized assessment ... It requires students taking the reading portion of the test to write essays. And it changes how the test is scored: a vast majority of the answers ...

The fee can be waived if the computer's or human's score is wrong. TEA guidelines state that the STAAR test measures how much ...

released the spring 2024 State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness (STAAR) 3-8 results of Friday, June 14. The ...

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

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

In elementary school, more time is allotted for reading and math ... Students in fifth grade take the STAAR science test, but aren’t tested in the subject again until eighth grade.

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