Erika De La Rosa was excited when she heard about the sweeping changes to the STAAR exam. "When they initially announced it, as an English teacher, it sounded like a fantastic idea because writing ...

FILE – In this Feb. 12, 2015, file photo, sixth grade students use a practice session to prepare for the the Common Core State Standards Test at Morgan Elementary School South in Stockport, Ohio.

Shellie Ross of Wesley Rankin Community Center (right, holding “Reach for the STAARS” sign) takes part in a pep rally to welcome students at Edison Middle Learning Center on STAAR testing day. Erika ...

Those of us who are anti-STAAR are not against testing. In fact, the formidable advocacy group, TAMSA, stands for Texas Advocating for Meaningful Assessment. Meaningful is key. According to educator ...

Many people helped my daughter grow as a writer: My husband and I nurtured her reading and took her on adventures. A decade’s worth of teachers coached her on writing and challenged her thinking.

There are a number of theories on why so many Texas students received zeroes on certain question types on this year’s state test. But one thing is for certain: The issue isn’t unique to Texas. In Fort ...

The Texas House unanimously approved a bill earlier this week that, if passed by the state Senate, would reduce standardized testing for elementary and middle school students. House Bill 2836 would ...

Almost half of East Texas students failed the writing portion of the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness test this spring, and today many have a chance to improve those scores. Results of ...

I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry as I read these words from the fifth or sixth page of instructions to seventh-graders taking the writing State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness (STAAR) ...

Of an estimated 18,646 Amarillo Independent School District students who took a State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness exam during the 2012-13 school year, about 1,700 are attending summer ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There are a number of theories on why so many Texas students received zeroes on certain question types on this year’s state test.