Texas children's performance on an annual reading test was basically flat from 2012 to 2021, even as the state spent billions ...

The lower chamber must now decide whether to approve the Senate amendments or continue negotiations as the legislative ...

What's the future of the STAAR test? There's a bill to scrap it, but the clock is ticking until the end of the legislative session.

Senate on Tuesday approved the House bill that would scrap STAAR, the state standardized test widely criticized for taking ...

STAAR and the A-F system are the results of changes to education that then-Gov. George W. Bush ushered through the Texas ...

HB 4 would create a nationally norm-referenced test — comparing students' performance to one another rather than to a standard — and creates benchmark tests to measure academic growth ...

A Louisiana lawmaker wants the state to explore alternatives to the standardized test students take each year. Senate Bill 105 by Sen. Mark Abraham, R-Lake Charles, initially called for the state ...

The House wants to grade Texas students by comparing their performance to their peers around the country in what is called a “norm-referenced test.” Proponents of this kind of test say it ...