Texas’ first special session of 2025 starts Monday, during which state lawmakers will consider new congressional maps approve ...

Texas lawmakers return to Austin for the special session called by Governor Abbott. Eliminating and replacing the STAAR test is one of the topics.

It’s easy to test but hard to teach. The next chapter in Texas education policy must start with a bold but simple shift.

State Representative Brooks Landgraf is once again filing a motion to eliminate the STAAR standardized test in public schools.

AUSTIN, Texas — State Representative Brooks Landgraf (R-Odessa) has filed a new bill to scrap the STAAR Test from Texas ...

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State Rep. Brooks Landgraf, has filed House Bill 92 in an effort to eliminate the STAAR test and reduce standardized testing ...

A Texas court of appeals ruled that the TEA can release school accountability ratings for the 2023-2024 school year which are ...

LGBTQ rights supporters gather at the Texas State Capitol to protest state Republican-led efforts to pass legislation that ...

An appeals court granted the state approval to release the Texas Education Agency ratings after doing the same for 2023 scores in April.

Abbott wants an alternative means to gauge student progress and school accountability, not necessarily an end to standardized ...

After dozens died in the Hill Country floods, flood alerts, sirens, and relief top Gov. Abbott's special session agenda. Here ...