A student takes a math class to study for the STAAR state standardized tests in this archive photo. Ron Jenkins Star-Telegram file photo Are you an accountant who plugs functions into spreadsheets to ...

Houston ISD's standardized test scores are improving and on par with statewide averages after spending years trailing behind, a feat state-appointed Superintendent Mike Miles attributed Thursday to ...

This is a developing story and will be updated throughout the day. Texas students’ passing rates on the reading STAAR test mostly held steady, and, while they saw growth in math, performance still ...

From the third through eighth grades, standardized test results in math and science fell consistently in San Antonio. And that seventh-grade math test must have been a doozy. Two of the largest school ...

AUSTIN, Texas (KTRK) -- The grade promotion requirement related to the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) test for 5th and 8th grade students has been waived for the upcoming ...

Students made gains in most State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness tests from the prior year, with steady improvements within Houston ISD that prompted leaders to tout a "Houston Comeback." ...

With the typical school year upended by the novel coronavirus’ outbreak, Gov. Greg Abbott announced Monday that grade promotion requirements tied to STAAR tests will be waived for the upcoming school ...

DALLAS — The Dallas ISD superintendent said newly-released preliminary data from the STAAR state test showed the district's strategies are largely working to improve student results, even as she ...

Are you an accountant who plugs functions into spreadsheets to automate your math? An engineer who hasn’t practiced your multiplication tables in decades? An artist who avoids math at all costs?