A student takes a math class to study for the STAAR state standardized tests in this archive photo. Ron Jenkins Star-Telegram file photo The season of state testing has recently passed for elementary ...

Texas requires those who are learning to drive to answer at least 70 percent of questions correctly on a written test. For the driving test itself, students can have no more than 30 points deducted.

The scenario has been a familiar one for students, parents and teachers in Houston ISD. As they approached the annual STAAR testing in the spring, hours of practice tests would replace large portions ...

A bill that would replace STAAR, the state's standardized test, with three shorter tests is headed to Gov. Greg Abbott's desk. Credit: Eli Hartman/The Texas Tribune Gov. Greg Abbott signed legislation ...

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

Texas' annual STAAR test could be replaced with three shorter tests under a new bill headed to Gov. Greg Abbott's desk. A bill to end Texas’ STAAR test in 2027 is likely to be signed into law by Gov.

As the first wave of Texas students sit down to take the state standardized test this week, many parents, educators and lawmakers are wondering whether those tests are fair. Some are convinced the ...

Editor's note, April 9, 2019: This story was originally published May 7, 2018. We're bringing it back so readers can put their skills to the test as Dallas high-schoolers take STAAR exams this week.

Due to the pandemic, STAAR tests were not given last spring. Let’s continue this practice and retire STAAR, or any similar version of it, forever. Teachers have much better things to do with their ...

Frustration over the way Texas uses computers to grade students’ essays on the STAAR test is building after Dallas ISD officials again saw more than one-third of the exams they submitted for review ...

A bill that would replace STAAR, the state's standardized test, with three shorter tests is headed to Gov. Greg Abbott's desk. (Eli Hartman/The Texas Tribune, Eli Hartman/The Texas Tribune) Sign up ...