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 ...

Texas' students saw some wins in reading but continued to struggle to bounce back from pandemic-related learning losses in math, state testing results released Tuesday showed. Elementary students who ...

In an archive photo, a student takes a remedial math class at Haltom High School to study for the STAAR state standardized tests. The Texas Education Agency released Spring 2025 STAAR test results on ...

Houston ISD's standardized test scores are improving and on par with statewide averages after spending years trailing behind, a feat state-appointed Superintendent Mike Miles attributed Thursday to ...

/ Texas Education Agency Texas elementary and middle school students made gains in reading this year, prompting education leaders to celebrate the scores as a sign that the state’s focus on literacy ...

DALLAS — The Dallas ISD superintendent said newly-released preliminary data from the STAAR state test showed the district's strategies are largely working to improve student results, even as she ...

Dallas ISD superintendent Stephanie Elizalde gives first grade student Laya Sweeny some crayons during the first day of school at Walnut Hill International Leadership Academy in Dallas on Monday, Aug.

Across Central Texas, the top performing school districts on newly released annual state testing data tended to be in areas with lower proportions of economically disadvantaged and emergent bilingual ...

Math teacher Becky McLaughlin presides over a STAAR prep session for 7th graders at Blocker Middle School in Texas City on March 24, 2017. Credit: Michael Stravato for The Texas Tribune The Texas ...

HOUSTON, Texas -- Year-over-year standardized test passage rates slightly declined across most subjects in grades 3-8 in Cy-Fair ISD, according to the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness ...

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 ...

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