Students at Lone Star High School in Frisco wrote English essays during a practice test in February 2011. Frisco ISD gave most of its STAAR tests online, but a tech glitch bogged down the system and ...

As North Texas students continue with STAAR testing, there is a major change to the way part of the test will be scored. A computer program and technology will score written answers. According to the ...

Texas’ use of computers to score written answers on the state standardized test is under scrutiny in Dallas after school officials learned that thousands of students were awarded marks that were too ...

Frustration over the way Texas uses computers to grade students’ essays on the STAAR test is building after Dallas ISD officials again saw more than one-third of the exams they submitted for review ...

Students across Texas will be taking the State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness (or STAAR) test for the next few weeks. Testing started on April 18, and will continue through May 12. There ...

Some Texas school administrators were surprised this month to learn short written responses on the newly redesigned state assessment will be scored by a computer program instead of human graders. The ...

In the Coastal Bend, student performance on recent spring 2024 end-of-course state assessments was similar to state averages, showing little change from 2023. The Texas Education Agency released ...

High school students’ scores statewide and in Austin saw improvements in Algebra 1 since 2024, but declined in English tests, according to end-of-course assessment data newly released Tuesday. The ...

A bill that would replace STAAR, the state's standardized test, with three shorter tests is headed to Gov. Greg Abbott's desk. Credit: Eli Hartman/The Texas Tribune Gov. Greg Abbott signed legislation ...

Frustration over the way Texas uses computers to grade students’ essays on the STAAR test is building after Dallas ISD officials again saw more than one-third of the exams they submitted for review ...

Frustration over the way Texas uses computers to grade students’ essays on the STAAR test is building after Dallas ISD officials again saw more than one-third of the exams they submitted for review ...