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The Texas Education Agency can't release A-F grades while a lawsuit brought be a handful of school districts moves forward.

Dallas ISD projections show 24 campuses, mostly elementary schools, failed last year. Superintendent Stephanie Elizalde says an emphasis on writing and math could help fix them.

Five Texas school districts have filed a new lawsuit over the state’s methods for measuring academic accountability, putting a hold on Thursday’s planned release of A-F ratings.

Fort Worth ISD leaders presented an encouraging trend to the school board and City Council: Students in kindergarten through eighth grade showed academic growth on a midyear test.

The state will save more than $15 million by using technology similar to ChatGPT to give initial scores, reducing the number of human graders needed. The decision caught some educators by surprise.

The Texas Education Agency changed a lot about the state’s standardized test over the past couple years. Researchers and teachers worry the new approach to writing could kill creativity, but the TEA argues it better reflects how learning happens in class.

The State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness tested grades 3 through 8 in the spring of 2023. Test scores have not recovered to pre-COVID numbers, but most are better than last year.

Over half of the 12 school districts in Fort Worth saw decreases in third-grade reading scores on the state standardized test, while the other six had increases or stable numbers.

Raise Your Hand Texas released a report Tuesday that outlines ways to change how standardized testing is used to evaluate students and schools. The recommendations come just months ahead of the next legislative session.

State math scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress dipped significantly between 2019 and 2022, but reading scores for fourth and eighth graders held steady.

The Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate has said several times he will end the annual standardized tests. State and federal law make it impossible.

In his annual address to the Dallas Regional Chamber, Texas Education Commissioner said the state’s students have largely recovered from pandemic-era learning losses in reading. He also said the format of the STAAR test will soon change.