More on the special session of the legislature and a deep dive into the unpopular STAAR test. The legislature gets to work on flooding and redistricting; a deep dive into the unpopular STAAR test; ...

Students at Lone Star High School in Frisco wrote English essays during a practice test in February 2011. Frisco ISD gave most of its STAAR tests online, but a tech glitch bogged down the system and ...

The Texas House approved Tuesday a bill to overhaul the STAAR test, but House Democrats’ broad opposition to the proposal underlined lingering disagreements over what a new standardized test should ...

Before House Bill 8 can go to the governor, the House must formally agree with changes from the Senate, which approved the proposal Wednesday night. Students attend a math and reading workshop at a ...

AUSTIN (Nexstar) — The Senate Committee on Education K-16 heard invited and public testimony Wednesday on Senate Bill 8, which would eliminate the State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness ...

Pictured is an empty classroom with tables and chairs. Gov. Greg Abbott has directed state lawmakers to come up with a replacement for the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) test ...

The Texas Senate on Wednesday night advanced a proposal to scrap STAAR, the end-of-the-year state standardized test, pushing the bill one step closer to Gov. Greg Abbott's desk. House Bill 8 would ...

The annual mandatory STAAR test will soon be gone under a new law Gov. Greg Abbott signed Wednesday night. Public school students in third through eighth grades take the high-stakes standardized test ...

Results for the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness exams were released this week, showing improvement in certain areas across the state. Results for math, reading language arts, science ...

A bill that would replace STAAR, the state's standardized test, with three shorter tests is headed to Gov. Greg Abbott's desk. Credit: Eli Hartman/The Texas Tribune Gov. Greg Abbott signed legislation ...

The crash happened around 3:45 p.m. Friday at Commercial and Division avenues. The state takeover of the Fort Worth Independent School District is largely based on student performance on the State of ...