STAAR 2.0, as district administrators are calling it, moves the battery of multiple choice questions. which had previously ...

The new STAAR test has been the subject of litigation that has prevented the release of school district A-F accountability ...

The data is sobering. Math scores are dropping, reading scores are stagnant, and absenteeism rates are rising. These ...

For Austin ISD and Round Rock ISD, multiple factors have led to lower achievement in recent years, officials said.

The event overlapped with the Fort Worth ISD school board’s appointment of an interim superintendent. Karen Molinar takes ...

I really do think the pandemic brought everybody’s attention to, ‘Houston, we might have a math problem,’” said Susan Diaz, ...

Cheri Hendrick, director of assessment and accountability, informed the board this is the second year for what is commonly known as STAAR 2.0, a revised version of the tests. “There were limited ...

In elementary school, more time is allotted for reading and math ... Students in fifth grade take the STAAR science test, but aren’t tested in the subject again until eighth grade.

Students in Arlington ISD face higher performance expectations heading into 2025, prompting some school board members to ...

The district's goal is for at least 58% of third grade students to score at the "meets grade level" performance range or above on STAAR math and reading tests by 2028. Last year, the district was ...