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

House Bill 4 would have replaced the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness test with three nationally norm-referenced tests, which lawmakers hoped would give teachers real-time ...

The Texas House and Senate were each pushing plans to overhaul the exams for Texas students, but couldn't agree on a final version.

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.

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.

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.