Texas Monthly2d
Fed Up With the STAAR Test, Some School Districts Are Betting on a More Holistic Approach
The state’s school performance ratings rely solely on standardized test results, but Splendora ISD and other districts are ...
The Texas Tribune on MSN4h
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 ...
Texas Public Radio4h
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, ...
‘How valid and reliable is this?’: Dallas ISD raises questions about STAAR test scoring
Dallas ISD Superintendent Stephanie Elizalde said the district asked the state education agency to review a sample of STAAR ...
Star Local Media7d
Plano ISD students show growth in academic progress scores
Comparing beginning-to-middle-of-year test scores, Plano ISD noted an overall growth in student performance.
wacotrib5d
State report calls for stronger measures in Waco ISD special education
This year's Texas Academic Performance Report for Waco ISD does not carry a letter grade because of pending litigation, but ...
Houston Chronicle13d
HISD's underserved students have been failed by increasingly inflated graduation rates, advocates say
Under state law, students can graduate through an Individual Graduation Committee even if they fail up to two of the five end ...