Texas elementary and middle school students are passing STAAR exams at higher rates across many subjects in 2025 compared to 2024, according to new scores data released Tuesday.

Houston ISD's top-performing schools in fifth-grade STAAR exams were typically wealthier campuses with specialized magnet ...

Students in grades three, six ad seven had improved performances on the math end-of-course exam. The 65% of 6th-graders who ...

Caddo Parish Public Schools students achieved notable gains in math while sustaining growth in English and science, and ...

Fort Worth ISD’s test scores have been stagnant for at least a decade. In 2015, just 28% of the district’s third-graders scored on grade level in reading. Last year, that number had only improved two ...

The FAST tests are given to students three times over the school year, but only the last one counts toward school ...

Only fifth and eighth graders take science assessments, and both grades grew both statewide and in Corpus Christi ISD compared to spring 2024.

The Texas Education Agency (TEA) today released the third-eighth grade Spring 2025 State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) results. The results include assessments in reading language ...

But many parents and educators have grown skeptical of standardized testing and the relevance of a student’s scores to their long-term success—especially tests given when children are still in ...

In science, students in grades five and eight improved, with 54% of fifth-graders getting at least a 3, and 51% of eighth-graders doing the same. Overall, Burke said he was pleased with the results.

Among 14 area districts, the portion of students meeting grade level standards increased from 44.2% to 45.2% for math from 2024 to 2025 and increased from 58.2% to 59.5% for reading, according to ...