“STAAR results allow parents, teachers and schools to see how individual students are performing so they can better support those students moving forward,” Frank Ward, a TEA spokesperson said.

If approved by Gov. Abbott, House Bill 4 would replace the annual test with shorter exams administered throughout the school year. The Texas Senate on Tuesday passed a bill to eliminate the STAAR ...

A Senate panel Friday unveiled its rewrite of the House bill that would scrap STAAR, the state standardized test widely criticized for taking instructional time away from teachers and putting ...