AUSTIN, Texas — A Senate panel on Sunday approved its rewrite of the House bill that would scrap STAAR, the state standardized test widely criticized for taking instructional time away from ...

The Senate changes kick off formal negotiations with the lower chamber as the clock is ... Math teacher Becky McLaughlin presides over a STAAR prep session for 7th graders at Blocker Middle ...

Getting rid of the STAAR test has been a campaign promise. Here's how that could look. Skip to content. Making Dallas an Even Better Place. Saturday, June 28, 2025 Jun 28, 2025.

The STAAR test is often the target of criticism by politicians, teachers’ unions and others who have turned it into a bogeyman. We’re in the camp of people who think the state assessment ...

The new version of the STAAR has two notable changes: All students will take the test online — a move that’s already been happening because of online learning — and 25% of the questions will ...

AUSTIN, Texas — A group of advocates is asking Texas lawmakers to not use the STAAR test as the only source of measuring students' and schools' success. "At the middle school and elementary ...

STAAR tests are based on the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, the state standards "for what students should know and be able to do," according to the Texas Education Agency website.

Texas Senate and House are negotiating over House Bill 4, which aims to replace the STAAR test. The Senate's proposed changes retain aspects of their own bill, SB 1962, differing from the House ...

AUSTIN, Texas — A group of advocates is asking Texas lawmakers to not use the STAAR test as the only source of measuring students' and schools' success. "At the middle school and elementary ...