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Grapevine-Colleyville ISD released a statement to parents Monday. "We have been made aware of a systemwide outage of the Educational Testing System, which administers STAAR. According to the company, 'We are still investigating the reports of issues with the STAAR Online Testing Platform. We will send notice of a resolution as soon as possible. Students experiencing issues with completing their essay using speech-to-text can continue to respond to multiple-choice items.'" All schools are expected to go online for testing this May. The Fort Worth ISD issued the following statement Tuesday. "E...

Both districts say the issues primarily are impacting older students at this time. Author: NewsWest 9 Updated: 5:42 PM CDT April 6, 2021 MIDLAND, Texas — School districts in Texas have been reporting issues with the online STAAR tests Tuesday. According to the TEA, the main three tests impacted were the Grade 4 writing, Grade 7 writing and English I. Issues students were encountering included slow response times, the inability to log in to the test or not being allowed to proceed with answering questions. Many districts were told to stop testing for the day w...

Statewide outage impacting online portion of STAAR exams, TEA says Doug Delony, Melissa Correa Replay Video UP NEXT Multiple school districts statewide are having trouble administering the STAAR exam on Tuesday due to an online service outage. Note: the video in this story is about STAAR testing and changes in place for this year Some districts sent an email to parents and others posted to social media informing the public about the problems with the online system. Houston ISD confirmed it was also being impacted, and according to officials, students who lost connectivity wer...

Schools Across Texas Suspend Online STAAR Testing After Continued Technical Difficulties Syndicated Local – CBS Dallas / Fort Worth NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) — So many school districts across the state experienced technical difficulties while trying access or complete the online STAAR exam that the Texas Education Agency (TEA) has advised schools to suspend testing for April 6. Tuesday was the first day of testing. This year the STAAR test is being administered on paper, online or a combination of the two — but students cannot change their chosen format once they have beg...

TEA on STAAR Test problems: ‘What happened today is completely unacceptable’ Many educators have been working hard all year to prepare students for the STAAR test. (Source: KFDA) By KCBD Staff | April 6, 2021 at 12:25 PM CDT - Updated April 6 at 4:09 PM LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - On the first day of the STAAR test for fourth and seventh graders in Texas, the online testing platform experienced connectivity issues and caused the students to stop testing for the day. This was the first of five days that students were eligible to take one of these tests online. The three STAAR test...