KIAH Houston on MSN6mon
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 ...
The Texas Tribune on MSN8d
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 ...
Opinion
Texas must boost confidence in machine scoring of STAAR test
The Texas Education Agency said it rigorously vetted the reliability of its scoring machine before launching in 2024. Agency officials added that the system is audited and that subjective scoring is ...
Texas Standard7d
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, ...
STAAR results: Abilene ISD experiences decline in student reading and math scores
The Abilene Board of Trustees held a public hearing Jan. 13 to discuss the district's academic performance on state ...
Texas Monthly10d
Is There a Better Solution to Our Public Schools’ Math Problem?
All of them scored low on the state’s STAAR math test last spring and this school year were enrolled in an intervention course—“math lab”—that meets Mondays, Wednesdays, and some Fridays to supplement ...
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Texas scores poorly on the Nation’s Report Card; reading scores lowest in decades
Sign up for TPR Today, Texas Public Radio's newsletter that brings our top stories to your inbox each morning. Changes to the state standardized tests known as STAAR ...