(NEXSTAR) — Are you smarter than a Texas fifth-grader taking the STAAR Test? As another new school year begins, it’s never a bad idea to know what the kids are learning — or how hard the lessons are.

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Elementary and middle school students taking the STAAR exam this year improved their mathematics scores in Bexar County’s biggest school districts, a trend seen across the state, but produced mixed ...

Read full article: State shuts down 6 Texas massage businesses for suspected human trafficking HOUSTON – Results for the Spring 2024 STAAR test continue to pour in and the Texas Education Agency (TEA) ...

The school year is coming to a close, but families still have a few weeks to wait to see how students performed on state assessments. The State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, known ...

Texas education officials say they are encouraged by standardized test results in grades 3-8 even though there is still evidence of pandemic-related learning loss. The Texas Education Agency released ...

Copperas Cove Junior High student Kyla Linnert described herself as “struggling” to understand the concepts of algebra. While admittedly she had a better understanding of the concepts than her peers, ...

THE TEXAS TRIBUNE – State testing data released Friday shows students’ math and science scores slipped as they struggle to catch up after the pandemic. Texas elementary students who took the State of ...