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 ...

Trustees were told that if the board opts in and the Texas Education Agency signs off on a local designation system, Arlington would spend roughly a year gathering the economic and classroom data ...

Texas’ annual STAAR test could be replaced with three shorter tests under a new bill headed to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk. (Yfat Yossifor | KERA) A bill to end Texas’ STAAR test in 2027 is likely to be ...

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

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Austin Voices for Education and Youth hosts a summer camp at Dobie Middle School, pictured here on July 23, 2025, for students that attend the three Austin ISD schools at risk of closure. (Ilana ...