Public school students must take the tests in various subjects beginning in the third grade. For teachers, strong STAAR results can lead to merit-based salary increases. This bill was updated to ...

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 ...

Cheers erupted in the Texas House as a lawmaker told his colleagues it was time to eliminate the STAAR test. “The stars at night are big and bright deep in the heart of Texas,” Rep. Brad Buckley, ...