If there's anything left that can unite Texans, it is hatred for the STAAR exams, the state's end-of year standardized assessments given to public school students starting in third grade. This ...

A legislative effort to scrap the STAAR test to respond to concerns that the test puts unnecessary pressure on students died in the last days of the legislative session. House Bill 4, authored by ...

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 ...

Texas is replacing STAAR tests in the 2027-28 school year. When lawmakers voted in September to eliminate Texas’ end-of-year state test and replace it with three shorter exams, they said they wanted ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. AUSTIN (Nexstar) — The Texas Senate approved legislation Tuesday night aimed at revising the state’s school accountability system ...

As stultifying as it is useless, as anxiety-inducing as it is deadening, STAAR testing is such an abject failure that it has succeeded in the unthinkable: uniting Democrats and Republicans in the ...

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 ...

There are so many problems with the STAAR, the best place to begin is to simply say it must end. The STAAR, or State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, cannot be salvaged. It cannot be fixed.

The Texas Legislature is considering changes to the STAAR, our state's high-stakes end-of-year test of student performance. So recently, we asked how the STAAR has affected you and people around you.

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 ...