The STAAR test results are a key part of the accountability system TEA uses to grade school districts and individual campuses on an A-F scale. Students take the test every year from third grade ...

This Thanksgiving break, Greenville ISD students, teachers and staff will get to rest a bit before hitting the ground running ...

or STAAR, exams grew substantially this year over last year. That growth comes following the rollout of a newly redesigned state test and a shift to automated scoring. Texas Education Agency ...

The State Board of Education is moving forward with a plan to allow the use of textbooks that include stories from the Bible.

STAAR tests have been used to measure student achievement ... Each time the performance standard is increased, TEA pointed out in a news release, “a student must achieve a higher score in ...