A new Texas law will change the testing model in two years, but for now, here's what to know about spring 2026 standardized tests.

AUSTIN, Texas — This article was originally published by our content partners at the Texas Tribune. Read the original article here. Texas lawmakers have sent legislation replacing STAAR, the state’s ...

Senate Bill 8 and House Bill 8 would scrap the STAAR test and introduce three shorter tests throughout the school year. Texas lawmakers are making another push to get rid of the STAAR test — a plan ...

The Texas House approved Tuesday a bill to overhaul the STAAR test, but House Democrats’ broad opposition to the proposal underlined lingering disagreements over what a new standardized test should ...

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 ...

As the regular legislative session drew to a close last month, a proposal to scrap Texas' state test died when lawmakers couldn't agree about what to replace it with. But lawmakers could get a second ...

Texas will replace STAAR exams with shorter, year-round tests by 2027. Here's what parents need to know.

For the first time since the pandemic, Texas schools will again be rated based on standardized tests—But for one year only, schools that receive a D or F will get a 'not rated' label For the first ...

Texas lawmakers are making another push to get rid of the STAAR test — a plan that died during the regular legislative session earlier this year. Senate Bill 8 and House Bill 8, filed Monday, would ...

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