This fall, Texas lawmakers approved replacing the STAAR with the new Student Success Tool starting in the 2027-28 school year ...

Classrooms across Texas are quieter than usual this week — not because students are bored, but because they’re bracing ...

As students get ready to take their STAAR test this month, some teachers are going the extra mile to motivate their students ...

April is STAAR season in Texas public schools. STAAR, the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, are the standardized tests Texas students take at the end of the school year starting in ...

The full TribFest program is now LIVE. TribFest 2025 is presented by JPMorganChase Democrats say recent changes to the bill give too much power to the TEA and fall short of meaningfully easing the ...

TEXAS, USA — Texas lawmakers are making another push to eliminate the STAAR test, proposing a replacement system that would fundamentally change how Texas measures student performance. House Bill 8, ...

It feels like Texas Republicans want to claim they eliminated the STAAR test, public school advocates say, but without actually getting rid of it. On Tuesday, the state’s dominant party passed a bill ...

The STAAR test tracks whether students are on grade level or not. It also drives a school's A-F rating and whether a district ...

April marks the time of year when State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, or STAAR, testing begins to measure academic performance in Texas schools, often generating excitement and anxiety ...