(NEXSTAR) — Are you smarter than a Texas fifth-grader taking the STAAR Test? As another new school year begins, it’s never a ...

STAAR tests have been used to measure student achievement for four years. The performance standards were scheduled to be moved up two years ago, but Williams has been holding them down. The Texas ...

This month’s 12News Golden Apple Award goes to a reading interventionist in the Port Arthur school district. Lisa Welty has ...

End-of-year assessments are scheduled for April 21 to May 12 ... take the ACT test March 26, while all juniors will take the SAT exam for college admission April 2. State of Texas Assessments ...