AUSTIN (KXAN) — The test Texas uses to measure student learning outcomes is giving students more advanced reading passages than they are ready for, a new study finds. These findings are especially ...

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Education Agency (TEA) released the spring STAAR testing scores for third through eighth grade students on Tuesday, showing reading and language arts scores improved across ...

Fort Worth Independent School District students saw gains in reading and math across kindergarten through eighth grade this school year — a bright spot that could signal continual growth as the ...

In an archive photo, a student takes a remedial math class at Haltom High School to study for the STAAR state standardized tests. The Texas Education Agency released Spring 2025 STAAR test results on ...

Opponents of the STAAR test have new evidence that the reading portion of the standardized exam given to all Texas schoolchildren remains flawed. Professors Susan Szabo and Becky Barton Sinclair, both ...

Parents and children arrive at T.A. Sims Elementary School for the first day of school on Monday. Reading scores slipped on this year’s STAAR exam, according to results released Wednesday. Amanda ...

Elementary and middle school students taking the STAAR exam this year improved their mathematics scores in Bexar County’s biggest school districts, a trend seen across the state, but produced mixed ...

A higher percentage of Houston ISD students met or exceeded grade level on most STAAR exams in grades 3-8, closing the gap with students across Texas, state-appointed Houston ISD Superintendent Mike ...

DALLAS — Whether it's 5 minutes or 20 minutes, time is carved out every day for students at Jesús Moroles Expressive Arts Vanguard to read. The children get free reading time. They pick a book of ...

Students' STAAR reading scores rebounded to pre-pandemic levels, but Texas kids continue to struggle in math. Texas students’ reading passing rates on STAAR have rebounded to pre-pandemic levels after ...

This is a developing story and will be updated throughout the day. Texas students’ passing rates on the reading STAAR test mostly held steady, and, while they saw growth in math, performance still ...

Research showing that reading passages on Texas standardized tests were years above grade level inspired calls for action this legislative session. Lawmakers responded by passing a bill to study the ...