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 ...

Each year, Texas students prep for months leading up to the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness tests, also ...

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

In 2023-24, teacher vacancies and problems implementing new curriculum affected Corpus Christi ISD student performance on ...

STAAR is the widely criticized assessment instrument used to grade students ... especially in grades 3-8). At the same time, he implicitly acknowledged that the test is mandated by state law ...

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

STAAR test results for grades 3 through eight and ... but others were down from last year such as in fifth grade science. Third grade spring 2024 math results show 64 percent passed and 36 percent ...

Elizabeth Fraley, CEO of Kinder Ready, known for her visionary leadership in early childhood education, emphasizes the critical phases that shape ...

According to the latest U.S. Census Bureau data, Texas ranks second in total population and is the third fastest-growing ...

The school’s turnaround is one piece of a larger academic ascent in Dallas ISD, which has seen steady gains in student ...

For those of us with low-grade serous ovarian cancer (LGSOC ... died a year earlier at age 34. The third, Bailey Wolfe, serves on STAAR’s all-volunteer board, which includes five other women ...

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 ...