Like everything created through legislation, House Bill 8 was a product of politics and carries echoes of that oppositional ...

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

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 ...

Neighborhood News Reporter Jeydah Jenkins joined the KRIS 6 News Team in May 2025. CORPUS CHRISTI, Tx — House Bill 8 replaces the STAAR test — shifting from one large end-of-year exam to a three-part ...

(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, ...

The Corpus Christi Independent School District saw a significant improvement in school ratings, with twice as many campuses earning As and Bs compared to the previous year. Four CCISD campuses that ...

The Texas House voted to advance a bill on Tuesday that could end STAAR testing. The House greenlit plans to scrap the state exam, advancing House Bill 8. The state Senate is set to discuss its ...

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 ...

Representative Brad Buckley has been a big supporter of pushing the bill through Texas lawmakers. DNI Gabbard recalls classified report on Venezuela in highly unusual move SEC Hits Mississippi State ...

Out of the district's 59 elementary campuses, Pope and McGown elementaries were the only schools in Cy-Fair ISD to see their fifth graders on average master all three subjects on this year’s STAAR ...