We have heard plenty of criticism of the STAAR exam over the years, some of it valid and some of it aimed at reducing accountability and a deeper understanding of student performance. As lawmakers ...

AUSTIN (Nexstar) — The Texas House committee on public education advanced a plan that would eliminate the state’s current standardized test and replace it with a new type of testing that is designed ...

This special session, lawmakers have a chance to do what they nearly accomplished just weeks ago: eliminate the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, better known as the STAAR test, and ...