(NEXSTAR) — Are you smarter than a Texas fifth-grader taking the STAAR Test? As another new school year begins, it’s never a bad idea to know what the kids are learning — or how hard the lessons are.

Students at Lone Star High School in Frisco wrote English essays during a practice test in February 2011. Frisco ISD gave most of its STAAR tests online, but a tech glitch bogged down the system and ...

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 ...

Texas public school students began taking the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness tests this month. The STAAR tests evaluate student knowledge and skills learned throughout the school ...

A Texas and American flag hang in fifth grade teacher Mr. Mejicanos classroom at the Bowie Fine Arts Academy in Grand Prairie on Monday, Oct. 23, 2023. Starting in the 2027-28 school year, the State ...

Texas' annual STAAR test could be replaced with three shorter tests under a new bill headed to Gov. Greg Abbott's desk. A bill to end Texas’ STAAR test in 2027 is likely to be signed into law by Gov.

The annual mandatory STAAR test will soon be gone under a new law Gov. Greg Abbott signed this week. Public school students in third through eighth grades take the high-stakes standardized test each ...