Students attend a math and reading workshop at a STAAR summer camp held at Dobie Middle School on July 23, 2025. Texas lawmakers will try again to revamp the state’s standardized test during this year ...

STAAR themed decorations adorn the hallways of Wharton Elementary School in Wharton on April 21, 2018. Lawmakers failed to approve a bill to eliminate the STAAR test during the legislative session.

HOUSTON — A sweeping education reform bill that could reshape how students are tested in Texas is one step closer to becoming law. House Bill 4, which aims to replace the STAAR exam, passed the Texas ...

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House Bill 8 replaces the test with three shorter assessments. The bill goes into effect at the beginning of the 2027–28 school year.

It feels like Texas Republicans want to claim they eliminated the STAAR test, public school advocates say, but without actually getting rid of it. On Tuesday, the state’s dominant party passed a bill ...

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AUSTIN, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) – A bill aimed at scrapping the STAAR exam, co-authored by State Representative Brooks Landgraf, has failed in the Texas Legislature this session. House Bill 4 would have ...

The Texas House approved Tuesday a bill to overhaul the STAAR test, but House Democrats’ broad opposition to the proposal underlined lingering disagreements over what a new standardized test should ...

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