More Houston ISD high schoolers met grade level on each of the 2025 State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness ...

Buckley said the closest negotiators got to the House version was an overhaul that would have shortened tests and test ...

HOUSTON — A sweeping education reform bill that could reshape how students are tested in Texas is one step closer to becoming ...

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

The bill would have replaced the STAAR test with three shorter tests, but House and Senate lawmakers seem unable to reconcile ...

Ultimately HB 4 failed after the Texas House and Senate failed to reach a compromise in a closed-door negotiation.

A House bill wants to eliminate the STAAR test completely, while a Senate bill aims to rename the test again. Both are ...

The Texas Senate and House failed to come out of their closed-door negotiations with a compromise on House Bill 4, a ...

The chambers differ on how much power districts should have to push back in courts over their accountability ratings. They ...

The state standardized test has long been criticized for taking instructional time away from teachers and putting unnecessary ...

Texas lawmakers failed to come to an agreement on a bill that would have replaced the STAAR test in the state.

A legislative effort to scrap the STAAR test to respond to concerns that the test puts unnecessary pressure on students died in the last days of the legislative session. House Bill 4, authored by ...