Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There are a number of theories on why so many Texas students received zeroes on certain question types on this year’s state test.

The days of making sure your pencil marks stay neatly within the lines are over. This year, almost all Texas students will exercise their skills on the STAAR Test online, according to the Texas ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's standardized test time for Texas public school students. Corpus Christi Independent School District students began testing ...

STAAR prep and practice tools provide students a method to develop skills and measure progress for the Texas exam. Many feature timed quizzes, sample questions, and step-by-step guides. Students study ...

It's that time of year, when students around the Lone Star State take the State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness, or STAAR test, to test, well...their academic readiness. The standardized ...

With all the news about the results of the dreaded, hated STAAR test, it is important to consider how questions are asked, whether students are prepared for exams and whether state officials are ...

April marks the time of year when State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, or STAAR, testing begins to measure academic performance in Texas schools, often generating excitement and anxiety ...

Why does this test dominate so much space in and out of the classroom? The State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, better known as the STAAR test, looms large over education in Texas. Kids ...

The Texas Education Agency is defending its decision to let computers grade students’ STAAR essay test questions in the face of mounting criticism from parents and teachers who question the fairness ...

Many people helped my daughter grow as a writer: My husband and I nurtured her reading and took her on adventures. A decade’s worth of teachers coached her on writing and challenged her thinking.

Texas students are showing signs of academic recovery, but experts say there is still significant work ahead.

AUSTIN _ The controversial STAAR test will be back next school year along with 5 million public school students after a bill that would have eliminated the end-of-year exam died Sunday when House and ...