Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Students wrote English essays during a practice test for the STAAR exam in February 2011. The results of this year’s STAAR exams ...

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 ...

Houston ISD's standardized test scores are improving and on par with statewide averages after spending years trailing behind, a feat state-appointed Superintendent Mike Miles attributed Thursday to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Texas is phasing out the STAAR exams, which will be replaced with other tests throughout the school year starting in 2027-28. (Eli ...

The share of Houston ISD's third through eighth grade students who met grade level in every State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness exam subject improved or stayed flat when compared to the ...

Texas elementary and middle school students made gains in reading this year, prompting education leaders to celebrate the scores as a sign that the state's focus on literacy is paying off. The ...

Across Texas, third- through eighth-graders are still struggling to perform at pre-pandemic levels in math on the annual STAAR exam. Statewide results released Tuesday show that while most of those ...