The Parent Access to Supplemental Supports, or PASS, program offers $400 grants to third graders who didn't pass the STAAR reading exam. Lawmakers created the program as a part of House Bill 2.

STAAR, the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, are the standardized tests Texas students take at the end of the school year starting in third grade. The tests measure how much each ...

See which schools in Cy-Fair ISD had the highest passing rates for students on reading, math and social studies STAAR exams.

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 made gains in reading this year, prompting education leaders to celebrate the scores as a sign that the state's focus on literacy is paying off. The ...

Fort Worth ISD Superintendent Karen Molinar gives a presentation on student academics and the instructional framework during a FWISD School Board meeting May 20 at the District Administration Building ...

Agency on Tuesday show State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) scores have seen improvements this year, even as San Antonio-area districts struggled with math.

Why does this test dominate so much space in and out of the classroom? The State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, better known as the STAAR test, looms large over education in Texas. Kids ...