From the third through eighth grades, standardized test results in math and science fell consistently in San Antonio. And that seventh-grade math test must have been a doozy. Two of the largest school ...

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The annual mandatory STAAR test will soon be gone under a new law Gov. Greg Abbott signed this week. Public school students in third through eighth grades take the high-stakes standardized test each ...

FRISCO – If there’s one thing Cade Elias likes more than video games, it is math. “Actually, yes and sushi is the best though,” he quipped. Cade, a seventh grader in Frisco ISD, has autism. In the ...

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Education Agency (TEA) released the spring STAAR testing scores for third through eighth grade students on Tuesday, showing reading and language arts scores improved across ...

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Texas lawmakers want to scrap the much-maligned STAAR test in favor of a series of shorter exams. Ben Sklar / The New York Times Texas lawmakers want to scrap the much-maligned STAAR test in favor of ...

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Education Agency (TEA) released Spring STAAR test results on Tuesday for high school end-of-course exams. The results showed slight changes in the performance of Texas ...

HOUSTON – The Houston Independent School District held a special announcement to release the state’s preliminary STAAR test results. HISD Superintendent Mike Miles announced the scores for reading, ...

STAAR results grades 3-8 released Tuesday show Texas students made some gains in reading but are still struggling with math. (Eli Hartman/The Texas Tribune, Eli Hartman/The Texas Tribune) Sign up for ...

THE TEXAS TRIBUNE – State testing data released Friday shows students’ math and science scores slipped as they struggle to catch up after the pandemic. Texas elementary students who took the State of ...

"Texas students make gains in reading but struggle with math, STAAR scores show" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages ...