Houston ISD's top-performing schools in fifth-grade STAAR exams were typically wealthier campuses with specialized magnet programs, according to data released by the Texas Education Agency Tuesday.

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.

ECTOR COUNTY, Texas — Results are pouring in from this spring's STAAR tests, with Ector County ISD showing major improvements over the years. Following the pandemic, ECISD STAAR results have increased ...

Legislators replaced STAAR amid frustration from families and teachers ... The House pushed to make exams optional for some subjects in HB 8 to decrease testing. Before the lower chamber voted on the ...

Support the Tribune now for your chance to win a two-night Fort Worth experience. Students saw improvement in the STAAR tests for Algebra I, Biology and U.S. History. Students in class at Bowie High ...

HOUSTON — On Tuesday, Houston Independent School District Superintendent Mike Miles shared STAAR test results for grades 3 through 8. Last week, Miles announced improvements in the high school results ...

Masters grade level means the student has shown mastery of the course and is skilled in the subject area. The data shows the difference in the percentage of students who are approaching the grade ...

From the third through eighth grades, standardized test results in math and science fell consistently in San Antonio. And that seventh-grade math test must have been a doozy. Two of the largest school ...

If Texas goes forward with the STAAR exam, taxpayers will spend $90 million to learn what they already know: Texas students are in crisis. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott should cancel or postpone the STAAR ...