HISD students are getting a crucial two-week break before heading into a spring semester packed with key STAAR testing and college entrance exams. This year's schedule includes key testing dates, ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: The video above is from early June when the TEA released the STAAR EOC test scores for 2025. The Texas Education Agency released the 2025 STAAR test results Tuesday morning for grades 3 ...

In a major shift for public education in Texas, the State Senate overwhelmingly passed House Bill 8 on Wednesday, passing it by a 25 to 5 vote. The legislation will begin the process of phasing out ...

WACO, Texas (KWTX) - A push to throw out the STAAR test failed during the regular session, but now a revised bill is on the table again. Senate and House Bill 8 aims to give standardized testing a new ...

Texas lawmakers are making another push to get rid of the STAAR test — a plan that died during the regular legislative session earlier this year. Senate Bill 8 and House Bill 8, filed Monday, would ...

A Texas and American flag hang in fifth grade teacher Mr. Mejicanos classroom at the Bowie Fine Arts Academy in Grand Prairie on Monday, Oct. 23, 2023. Starting in the 2027-28 school year, the State ...

TEXAS, USA — Texas public school administrators, parents and education experts worry that a new law to replace the state's standardized test could potentially increase student stress and the amount of ...

A bill that would replace STAAR, the state's standardized test, with three shorter tests is headed to Gov. Greg Abbott's desk. (Eli Hartman/The Texas Tribune, Eli Hartman/The Texas Tribune) Sign up ...

The Texas Senate on Tuesday advanced a proposal to scrap STAAR, the end-of-the-year state standardized test that parents and teachers widely criticize for putting enormous pressure on students.

Teachers, public school students and their parents may soon be free of the dreaded standardized STAAR tests. The state House Committee on Public Education met Monday morning to discuss House Bill 8, ...