A student takes a math class to study for the STAAR state standardized tests in this archive photo. Ron Jenkins Star-Telegram file photo The season of state testing has recently passed for elementary ...

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AUSTIN, Texas (KTRK) -- The grade promotion requirement related to the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) test for 5th and 8th grade students has been waived for the upcoming ...

Eighth-graders across Bexar County and statewide failed Texas’ standardized reading test in much greater numbers than last year’s eighth-graders, but passing rates for fifth-graders generally ...

STAAR testing won't be used to determine whether fifth- and eighth-grade students will advance to the next grade for the upcoming 2020-21 school year, according to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. Texas will ...

Most of Texas' more than five million public school students will start their State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness exams this week. Taken by students from third grade to high school, the ...

A student takes a math class to study for the STAAR state standardized tests in this archive photo. Ron Jenkins Star-Telegram file photo Are you an accountant who plugs functions into spreadsheets to ...