(NEXSTAR) — Are you smarter than a Texas fifth-grader taking the STAAR Test? As another new school year begins, it’s never a ...

House Bill 221 would eliminate unnecessary state-mandated end-of-course exams, known as STAAR tests, and would retain ... the focus on what’s best for Texas students.” Landgraf said the ...

SAN ANTONIO – The annual STAAR test may have concluded over a month ... midway into the school year as motivation for the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness.

STAAR tests have been used to measure student achievement for four years. The performance standards were scheduled to be moved up two years ago, but Williams has been holding them down. The Texas ...

This month’s 12News Golden Apple Award goes to a reading interventionist in the Port Arthur school district. Lisa Welty has ...

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Ahead of the 2025 legislative session, State Representative Brooks Landgraf has introduced House Bill 221 proposing significant reforms to reduce standardized testing in Texas schools.

Certain students are scheduled to take the ACT test March 26, while all juniors will take the SAT exam for college admission April 2. State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness — used as ...

Bryan ISD was one of them. The TEA recently released its 2023-24 Texas Academic Performance Report listing STAAR test results for students of all grade levels. The State of Texas Assessments of ...