standardized testing

Changes to state standardized tests have made it difficult to compare how Texas students are doing in school in recent years, but national tests known as the Nation’s Report Card can provide clarity.

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

In an academic year scrambled by the pandemic and a deadly winter storm, Texas school students face makeup work and rounds of standardized testing. Many parents and teachers say it's unnecessary.

Contracts totaling $338 million have been awarded to Cambium Assessment and Pearson, a longtime player in testing Texas public school students, to develop and administer STAAR for the next four years.

As the first wave of Texas students sit down to take the state standardized test this week, many parents, educators and lawmakers are wondering whether...

Top Texas lawmakers this year are proposing allocating billions of more dollars for public schools, but a portion of those dollars will likely have…

Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath was in Dallas this week to talk about how the state’s schools are doing -- and the impact Hurricane Harvey has…

State education leaders want 60 percent of Texans 25 to 34 years old to have some kind of post-secondary certificate or degree by the year 2030. But to...

Last week, The College Board released the latest batch of SAT scores for high school students – and they’re down nationwide. They’re even worse in Texas.…

The Texas House Wednesday moved a step closer to getting rid of writing exams that are tripping up many high school students.Writing is included in…

Today KERA, The Dallas Morning News and KXAS-TV (NBC 5) begin a series of coordinated reports we’re calling Five Days in October. Each day we’ll look at…

The SAT, a standardized test that for many students is an intimidating hurdle to clear en route to college admissions, is about to undergo a major…