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 ...

Texas requires those who are learning to drive to answer at least 70 percent of questions correctly on a written test. For the driving test itself, students can have no more than 30 points deducted.

A bill that would replace STAAR, the state's standardized test, with three shorter tests is headed to Gov. Greg Abbott's desk. Credit: Eli Hartman/The Texas Tribune Gov. Greg Abbott signed legislation ...

A student takes a math class to study for the STAAR state standardized tests in this archive photo. Ron Jenkins Star-Telegram file photo The season of state testing has recently passed for elementary ...

The scenario has been a familiar one for students, parents and teachers in Houston ISD. As they approached the annual STAAR testing in the spring, hours of practice tests would replace large portions ...

Students across the state completed state-mandated tests in May. The State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, or STAAR test, is used to determine whether a student is likely to be successful ...

Due to the pandemic, STAAR tests were not given last spring. Let’s continue this practice and retire STAAR, or any similar version of it, forever. Teachers have much better things to do with their ...

A bill that would replace STAAR, the state's standardized test, with three shorter tests is headed to Gov. Greg Abbott's desk. (Eli Hartman/The Texas Tribune, Eli Hartman/The Texas Tribune) Sign up ...

Gov. Greg Abbott signed legislationon Wednesday replacing STAAR, the state’s widely unpopular state standardized test, for three shorter tests at the beginning, middle and end of each school year.