(The Center Square) – Student excitement about the legislature abolishing the annual statewide standardized test may be short lived. Instead of one test, students will soon have to take three. HB 8, ...

House Bill 8 replaces the once-a-year State of Texas Academic Assessment of Readiness with tests at the beginning, middle and ...

AUSTIN, Texas — This article was originally published by our content partners at the Texas Tribune. Read the original article here. Texas lawmakers have sent legislation replacing STAAR, the state’s ...

AUSTIN, Texas (KCBD) - Texas will replace the STAAR test with three shorter assessments spread throughout the school year starting next month under changes coming to the state’s education system.

AUSTIN (Nexstar) — A spokesperson in the governor’s office confirmed Gov. Greg Abbott will sign House Bill 8, which will change the way Texas public school students are tested starting in the ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas House lawmakers voted to move forward with a bill to eliminate the STAAR test on Thursday. The House Public Education Committee voted to advance House Bill 8, which would replace ...

S.E. Jenkins is a digital content producer for CBS Texas. She has also been a Digital Content Producer in Tallahassee and Myrtle Beach. S.E. graduated with journalism degrees from Texas State ...

After more than a decade of Texas students sitting for the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness or STAAR tests, the standardized test is slated to be scrapped. In September, Gov. Greg ...