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(KTEN) — Members of the Texas House are trying to change how the STAAR test works. Texas students and their parents are familiar with the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness exam, which ...

Legislation from the Texas House to scrap onerous STAAR testing is promising, but lawmakers continue to ignore core ways to improve public education.

Texas House passes HB4, which would replace STAAR tests with three shorter tests given throughout the academic year. East Texas educators helped craft the bill that was passed.

Southeast Texas school leaders back House Bill 4, replacing STAAR with shorter tests, which now await Senate approval.

The STAAR test could soon be a thing of the past in Texas classrooms. There's a new bill that aims to scrap the high stakes ...

House Bill 4 would overhaul the “State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness” test better known as the STAAR test.

AUSTIN, Texas (KBTX) - The Texas House voted 143-1 this week to approve House Bill 4, a sweeping measure that would ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Big changes could be on the horizon for how students are tested in Texas, as House Bill 4 moves to the senate. On Monday, the Texas House gave near-unanimous initial approval to a bill ...

The Texas House passed a bill to replace the high-stress STAAR test with three smaller tests spaced throughout the year. It ...

With less than three weeks remaining in the regular legislative session, Texas lawmakers are working on competing bills aimed at eliminating the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, ...