FILE – In this Feb. 12, 2015, file photo, sixth grade students use a practice session to prepare for a standards test. In Texas, students will move to a fully online STAAR standardized testing format.

After day after day watching her fourth grade daughter cry, Tereza and her husband finally got to the bottom of it. Daniela was afraid of taking the STAAR test this year. The prospect had become ...

As Texas legislators start their special session Monday and debate what should replace the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) test, they should consider a fundamental question: ...

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(TNS) — Texas students’ written responses on the STAAR test will most likely be scored by a computer, rather than a person. Some education leaders are confused by the change and question how using ...

Reviewers’ Key Takeaways With numerous STAAR test prep resources and online practice tools available, students and educators can select from a wide range of practice tests to identify strengths and ...

As Houston ISD students prepare to take the STAAR in less than two weeks, appointed Superintendent Mike Miles is instructing schools to avoid direct test preparation, instead telling principals to ...

Public school students in third through eighth grades take the high-stakes standardized test each spring. The State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness will be replaced by three smaller exams ...

When lawmakers voted in September to eliminate Texas’ end-of-year state test and replace it with three shorter exams, they said they wanted to reduce the amount of time students spend taking ...

(The Center Square) – Student excitement about the legislature abolishing the annual statewide standardized test may be short lived. Instead of one test, students will soon have to take three. HB 8, ...

AUSTIN (Nexstar) — The Texas Senate approved legislation Tuesday night aimed at revising the state’s school accountability system and replacing the standardized test with a version meant to reduce ...

AUSTIN, Texas — This article was originally published by our content partners at the Texas Tribune. Read the original article here. Texas lawmakers have sent legislation replacing STAAR, the state’s ...