LONGVIEW, Texas (KLTV) - East Texas public school students can expect a change in state testing in the coming years. The STAAR test at the end of the year will be replaced with three new shorter tests ...

Texas public school students began taking the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness tests this month. The STAAR tests evaluate student knowledge and skills learned throughout the school ...

Texas public school students began taking the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness tests this month. The STAAR tests evaluate student knowledge and skills learned throughout the school ...

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 ...

Grace Roa teaches third grade math at IDEA Yukon. Roa serves as the grade team leader and campus content lead for math for grades three to five and the regional math mentor for IDEA Permian Basin. As ...

TAAR measures only a portion of state standards, with passing scores determined after all tests have been scored. STAAR is even unable to measure how much a student learns and grows over the course of ...

Texas lawmakers want to scrap the much-maligned STAAR test in favor of a series of shorter exams. Ben Sklar / The New York Times Texas lawmakers want to scrap the much-maligned STAAR test in favor of ...

The Texas House voted almost unanimously on Monday to scrap STAAR testing in favor of a series of shorter exams that public school students would take throughout the year. The plan, House Bill 4, is a ...

DALLAS — The Dallas ISD superintendent said newly-released preliminary data from the STAAR state test showed the district's strategies are largely working to improve student results, even as she ...

Quitman girls basketball is in the midst of one of their most dominant stretches since the late 2000’s. “When you go through a period of not winning very much, you really truly appreciate winning.