Staar Test News Today

A computer will now score the written answers on the STAAR test.

While college, career and military readiness was mostly lower for the class of 2022, several grades and student groups showed improvements on the STAAR test in 2023.

On Friday's show: We learn about some recent developments in education, including some concerns about the way the written portion of some STAAR tests will be graded and news about declining student enrollment at HISD. Then, three years after a deadly winter storm knocked out power across Texas, what has changed -- and what hasn't? And we break down The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of the week.

25% of written responses will be graded by a human, and the rest will be graded by an automated scoring engine.

It's a serious question tonight as Governor Greg Abbott tries to work a deal with lawmakers to pass his school choice plan.

Lawmakers failed to pass legislation on school vouchers or teacher raises this year, but they approved other education-related laws like an $800 million investment in high-quality instructional materials and new rules for students found vaping or using marijuana.

Copperas Cove ISD has released its 2023 STAAR results, which showed improvement in 18 of 20 tested areas.

Test results have gone up since the pandemic in both subjects, but math scores are still below 2019 levels and about half of Texas students read below the level appropriate for most children in their grade.

Students outperformed state averages in every grade level and subject, excluding Spanish STAAR scores.

At first glance many of the STAAR test scores from year to year look similar, but there’s a big factor at play in STAAR this year. Last year's test was...