Texas has been tweaking and twisting its standardized testing system since it was first introduced in 1979, continuously looking for the best way to judge students’ capacity to learn, teachers’ ...

Students attend a math and reading workshop at a STAAR summer camp held at Dobie Middle School on July 23, 2025. Texas lawmakers will try again to revamp the state’s standardized test during this year ...

A Texas and American flag hang in fifth grade teacher Mr. Mejicanos classroom at the Bowie Fine Arts Academy in Grand Prairie on Monday, Oct. 23, 2023. Starting in the 2027-28 school year, the State ...

In 2022, I asked whether we should get rid of the State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness (aka STAAR) test. At the time, it was nothing more than an applause line utilized by Beto O’Rourke, ...

There’s a big difference between testing that measures what kids have learned and testing that simply ranks them against one another, Mary Lynn Pruneda writes, explaining the options to replace the ...

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 ...