Pupils at Winship Elementary have an unusual way of getting motivated for the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills test — a pep rally featuring a karate demonstration. Amy Cranford, a third-grade ...

Students attend a math and reading workshop at a STAAR summer camp held at Dobie Middle School on July 23, 2025. Texas lawmakers will try again to revamp the state’s standardized test during this year ...

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 ...

April 8 kicks off the first round of STAAR testing across Texas. STAAR stands for the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness. It's a state testing program that has been in place for about 15 ...

A student takes a practice SAT test to prepare herself for the digital SAT, Wednesday, March 6, 2024, at Holy Family Cristo Rey Catholic High School in Birmingham, Ala. STAAR testing statewide has ...

Students sitting for their STAAR exams this week will be part of a new method of evaluating Texas schools: Their written answers on the state's standardized tests will be graded automatically by ...

San Antonio ISD’s Cameron Elementary School performs in a music video to motivate kids ahead of STAAR testing. (SAISD) SAN ANTONIO – Teachers at one San Antonio elementary school have channeled ...

Teachers around the state are singing, “Ding, dong, the test is dead.” The test in question is, of course, the problematic Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills test (TAKS), and while it’s not ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Since the Texas Education Agency took over HISD, some parents say there's more focus than ever on test performance and not on actually learning. STAAR is the end-of-year exam ...

April marks the time of year when State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, or STAAR, testing begins to measure academic performance in Texas schools, often generating excitement and anxiety ...