AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Education Agency (TEA) released the spring STAAR testing scores for third through eighth grade students on Tuesday, showing reading and language arts scores improved across ...

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The Texas Education Agency (TEA) released Spring STAAR test results on Tuesday for high school end-of-course exams. The results showed slight changes in the performance of Texas students on this ...

Why does this test dominate so much space in and out of the classroom? The State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, better known as the STAAR test, looms large over education in Texas. Kids ...