(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.

From the third through eighth grades, standardized test results in math and science fell consistently in San Antonio. And that seventh-grade math test must have been a doozy. Two of the largest school ...

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 ...

Texas elementary and middle school students' STAAR scores dropped in math and science, data released Friday shows. The latest results highlight the challenges to recover from the pandemic's disruption ...

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) ...

This article was originally published in Texas Tribune. Texas’ students saw some wins in reading but continued to struggle to bounce back from pandemic-related learning losses in math, state testing ...

(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 ...

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 ...

This is a developing story and will be updated throughout the day. Texas students’ passing rates on the reading STAAR test mostly held steady, and, while they saw growth in math, performance still ...

It's no secret teachers, parents, students and even superintendents are often not fans of the STAAR test. "Our STAAR test is coming up on Tuesday, it's math and I'm extremely nervous," said student ...