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 ...

The annual mandatory STAAR test will soon be gone under a new law Gov. Greg Abbott signed this week. Public school students in third through eighth grades take the high-stakes standardized test each ...

Students in Texas public schools are making progress but continue to struggle with key aspects of learning, according to the latest STAAR test results. The main culprit is a dramatic loss of learning ...

Education news and commentary, delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 newsletter. Texas’ students saw some wins in reading but continued to struggle to bounce back from pandemic-related ...

The Texas Education Agency (TEA) released the Spring 2025 State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR®) results for grades 3-8 this week. The results include assessments in reading, ...

Texas students showed improvement in statewide reading scores. Corpus Christi ISD saw gains in math across multiple grade levels. Outcomes from Texas standardized testing this spring show statewide ...

Myriam Gonzalez, an exemplary designated pre-K teacher under the state's Teacher Incentive Allotment program, teaches in her San Antonio ISD classroom. Credit: Courtesy / Myriam Gonzalez Elementary ...

Austin ISD students showed lower proficiency in math than reading on the 2025 STAAR exam, reflecting statewide trends. (Chloe Young/Community Impact) Austin ISD students exhibited lower proficiency in ...

/ Texas Education Agency Texas elementary and middle school students made gains in reading this year, prompting education leaders to celebrate the scores as a sign that the state’s focus on literacy ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — STAAR test results were released for grades 3-8 on Tuesday for reading, math, science and social studies. Those results are showing progress and a need for improvement for some Texas ...