A Texas school district has joined calls for more "holistic" accountability by urging Gov. Greg Abbott to call a special ...

The STAAR’s technical documents suggest that the test is designed much like a norm-referenced test – that is, assessing students relative to their peers, rather than if they meet a fixed ...

The STAAR’s technical documents suggest that the test is designed much like a norm-referenced test – that is, assessing students relative to their peers, rather than if they meet a fixed standard.

Those scores are based in part on how students score on STAAR tests and how their performance on STAAR grows. If HB 4 doesn’t pass, the existing STAAR would remain in place.

Texas children's performance on an annual reading test was basically flat from 2012 to 2021, even as the state spent billions of additional dollars on K-12 education.

The STAAR’s technical documents suggest that the test is designed much like a norm-referenced test – that is, assessing students relative to their peers, rather than if they meet a fixed standard.