Reflecting a statewide trend, third through eighth grade students in the Austin Independent School District are struggling in mathematics while their reading proficiencies vary across grade levels, ...

Opponents of the STAAR test have new evidence that the reading portion of the standardized exam given to all Texas schoolchildren remains flawed. Professors Susan Szabo and Becky Barton Sinclair, both ...

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 ...