The bill would require the state to reduce the test’s length, prioritize post-secondary preparation and launch a revamped ...

As part of a sweeping education package that includes school choice and increasing public school funding, a bill introduced ...

Texas lawmakers are considering allocating $1 billion to education savings accounts, or a type of voucher system, that would allow taxpayer dollars to go to private school tuition. Senate Bill 2, ...

A flurry of bills filed in the Texas House on Thursday tackle public school funding, STAAR tests, teacher quality and a ...

Texas students are required to take the State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness test, or STAAR, every year. The Texas American Federation of Teachers and other groups have criticized STAAR ...

A Texas House bill filed Thursday would revamp the state's standardized test and launch a new version by 2026. Credit: Pu Ying Huang for The Texas Tribune ...

or STAAR, and modify it to prioritize post-secondary preparation. The bill says the new test should make sure Texas ranks in the top five states in preparing students for post-secondary success ...

Freshman state Rep. Andy Hopper, R-Decatur, filed the bill – HB 2657 – that would transfer the powers of the Texas Education ...

All K-12 emergent bilingual students in Texas will take TELPAS testing Monday. For HISD, that constitutes nearly 40% of its ...