The Texas Tribune on MSN2d
National test scores show Texas students still lag in math and reading
Texas students' overall math scores dropped from 2022. But English learners and fourth-grade Black students did better than ...
Texas Monthly4d
Fed Up With the STAAR Test, Some School Districts Are Betting on a More Holistic Approach
The state’s school performance ratings rely solely on standardized test results, but Splendora ISD and other districts are ...
Texas Standard1d
Texas scores poorly on the Nation’s Report Card; reading scores lowest in decades
Changes to state standardized tests have made it difficult to compare how Texas students are doing in school in recent years, ...
KFYO News Talk 790 AM3d
Texas STAAR Testing Just Might be Trickier Than You Thought
The Texas STAAR Test is a common tool used in public schools, but would you be able to answer some sample questions from the ...
KTSM El Paso on MSN5mon
Texas adults: Can you answer 5 easy STAAR math questions correctly?
(NEXSTAR) — Are you smarter than a Texas fifth-grader taking the STAAR Test? As another new school year begins, it’s never a ...
Dallas Morning News15d
‘How valid and reliable is this?’: Dallas ISD raises questions about STAAR test scoring
During one testing administration, roughly eight in 10 written responses on the English II End of Course exam received zero points. Related: How are computers scoring STAAR essays? Texas ...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram9y
Test standards finally move up, but only a little
Texas Education Commissioner Michael Williams ... “a student must achieve a higher score in order to pass a STAAR exam.” Translation: Raising the passing standards would cause performance ...
KVUE4y
STAAR testing underway despite COVID-19 pandemic
AUSTIN, Texas — Despite the challenges that students ... Among the reported changes to the STAAR test would be including an expanded testing window and making adjustments to the way the State ...