State lawmakers are back to work at the Capitol, tackling a slate of contentious issues including redistricting, THC regulation and sweeping changes to Texas’ public school testing system. Texas State ...

Texas lawmakers are set to vote on two bills on Tuesday that could end STAAR testing. The bills that would scrap the test are up for a vote in both the Texas House and Texas Senate. What are House ...

(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, ...

STAAR tests are far from the only standardized exams students take each year. Some districts also give students optional ...

DALLAS -- The annual mandatory STAAR test will soon be gone under a new law Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed Wednesday night. Public school students in third through eighth grades take the high-stakes ...

Regarding “Texas lawmakers are moving bills to kill STAAR. But the test persists.,” (Aug. 25): The Chronicle’s recent editorial suggests House Bill 8 and Senate Bill 9 amount to little more than a ...

The annual mandatory STAAR test will soon be gone under a new law Gov. Greg Abbott signed this week. Public school students in third through eighth grades take the high-stakes standardized test each ...