Opponents of the STAAR test have new evidence that the reading portion of the standardized exam given to all Texas schoolchildren remains flawed. Professors Susan Szabo and Becky Barton Sinclair, both ...

VIDOR, Texas — STAAR test results are out and 12News has been tracking results from districts around the area. At Vidor Independent School District students excelled in key areas, but fell short in ...

SAN ANTONIO — A state senator is trying to put a stop to the STAAR test this year. The State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) exam was canceled back in March of 2020 due to the ...

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The Texas Education Agency (TEA) released spring 2021 State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) results on Monday. The results include exams in mathematics and reading for grades 3-8, ...

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Education Agency (TEA) released Spring STAAR test results on Tuesday for high school end-of-course exams. The results showed slight changes in the performance of Texas ...

Texas elementary and middle school students are passing STAAR exams at higher rates across many subjects in 2025 compared to 2024, according to new scores data released Tuesday by the Texas Education ...

Houston ISD elementary and middle school students largely maintained their performance levels on annual statewide standardized test scores during the 2022-2023 academic year, although they saw slight ...

This is a developing story and will be updated throughout the day. Texas students’ passing rates on the reading STAAR test mostly held steady, and, while they saw growth in math, performance still ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas students in grades five and eight will not have to worry about STAAR testing when it comes to being promoted to the next grade this upcoming school year. It's part of the state's ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: A previous version of this story included incorrect results for Hallsville ISD. This version has been corrected. East Texas students in third through eighth grades performed mostly at ...

Passing rates on the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, or STAAR, generally improved for fifth-grade reading and math across Bexar County, but the eighth-grade results were mixed.