Take Our Poll: Should We Administer STAAR Tests in 2021? Senator Menendez disagrees with administering the STAAR test in 2021 so much so that he has filed SB260 in the Texas legislation quoted by Fox San Antonio, "Now we're gonna have a nine-month slide where people who have not been in the classroom have lost out tremendously on their education. In the past, we've used that ridiculous STAAR test to grade schools and to provide bonuses to teachers. It was unfair then and it's even more unfair now." The STAAR test, which stands for State of Texas Academic Assessment Readiness was first introduced in Texas in 2011.