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Texas is officially replacing STAAR. Here is what schools' new standardized tests will look like.

House Bill 8 scraps the unpopular exam for three shorter tests at the beginning, middle and end of the year starting in the ...
Tyler Morning Telegraph

Here’s what Texas families need to know about STAAR test changes

The annual mandatory STAAR test will soon be gone under a new law Gov. Greg Abbott signed this week. Public school students ...

Parents, lawmakers divided on STAAR test replacement bill as it awaits signature

A bill to replace the controversial State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) test in Texas schools is just one step away from becoming law. Families and educators, however, are split ...
Community Impact

Texas to overhaul STAAR, launch 3 new exams in 2027

Beginning in fall 2027, Texas public school students in third through 12th grade will take three shorter tests at the beginning, middle and end of each year. Schools will continue administering the ...
Dallas Observer

Goodbye, STAAR Test. Hello, Something ‘Worse’

The new system, the SSTAR, is a series of three smaller tests distributed throughout the year rather than one large end-of-course cumulative test. Republican lawmakers have marketed the new testing ...

Longview ISD brainstorming strategies to implement STAAR test replacement

Longview ISD is working to figure out how the school district will replace the STAAR test after the passage of House Bill 8.
The Texas Tribune on MSN

Texas teachers, parents fear STAAR overhaul won’t take testing pressure off kids

Texas public school administrators, parents and education experts are concerned that a new law to replace the STAAR test will not reduce student stress and testing time, and may even increase it.
The Texas Tribune

House Democrats’ frustration with STAAR bill highlights divide over how new test should look

Democrats say recent changes to the bill give too much power to the TEA and fall short of meaningfully easing the pressures of standardized testing.

STAAR replacement would be a step forward in assessing Texas students

The new test wouldn’t roll out until the 2027-28 school year, though. HB 8 would direct the Texas Education Agency to make a ...
Community Impact

See how Frisco ISD students performed on 2025 STAAR exams

Masters grade level means the student has shown mastery of the course and is skilled in the subject area. The data shows the difference in the percentage of students who are approaching the grade ...
KSAT

Texas is officially replacing STAAR. Here is what schools’ new standardized tests will look like.

A bill that would replace STAAR, the state's standardized test, with three shorter tests is headed to Gov. Greg Abbott's desk. (Eli Hartman/The Texas Tribune, Eli Hartman/The Texas Tribune) Sign up ...
KVUE

Texas is poised to replace STAAR. Here is what schools’ new standardized tests would look like.

AUSTIN, Texas — This article was originally published by our content partners at the Texas Tribune. Read the original article here. Texas lawmakers have sent legislation replacing STAAR, the state’s ...