"You can do it!" | Henry Ramos and Bill Taylor fired up students at Friday's pep rallies before the STAAR tests.

Public school students in third through eighth grade and high schoolers take the bulk of their STAAR exams in April of each ...

Is one test enough? Houston schools and parents push back on STAAR-driven ratings and call for a broader view of student ...

Texas schools are graded largely on one STAAR test. Here’s why educators and parents say the A–F system misses the full picture in DFW.

Student test scores aren’t looking good, and schools aren’t being held accountable for poor results. That’s not even considering whether the right things are being tested.

STAAR testing begins in many Texas schools this week, but that will change in the next couple of years. Here's what that ...

Gina Hinojosa takes on STAAR, Gov. Greg Abbott talks space exploration ahead of the 2026 Texas governor's race.

Texas will replace STAAR testing in 2027 with the Student Success Tool, offering three shorter tests a year, adaptive ...

The STAAR test tracks whether students are on grade level or not. It also drives a school's A-F rating and whether a district ...

Texans linebacker E.J. Speed encourages students at Parker Elementary for STAAR test preparations, joined by Toro ...

San Antonio fifth grader Sarabella Escobedo is preparing to take her third round of the much-anticipated State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, or STAAR, tests. “I’m feeling pretty good, ...

Texans LB E.J. Speed educates students about how football players prepare for a big game and how that correlates to how the ...