/tags/standardized-testing Standardized Testing en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Wed, 28 May 2025 16:02:48 GMT /education/2025-05-28/texas-senate-votes-to-end-staar-shield-school-ratings-from-lawsuits If approved by Gov. Greg Abbott, House Bill 4 would replace the annual test with shorter exams administered throughout the school year. Wed, 28 May 2025 16:02:48 GMT /education/2025-05-28/texas-senate-votes-to-end-staar-shield-school-ratings-from-lawsuits Lucio Vasquez /education/2024-03-11/ut-austin-standardized-test-scores-admission-requirement UT put the requirement on hold back in 2020 because of the pandemic. Students seeking admission for the fall 2025 semester will have to submit their SAT or ACT scores. Mon, 11 Mar 2024 17:04:40 GMT /education/2024-03-11/ut-austin-standardized-test-scores-admission-requirement Becky Fogel /education/2024-01-26/manor-middle-school-grade-texas-education-agency Manor Middle School was facing the possibility of a charter school partnership after getting “F� grades for several years in a row from the Texas Education Agency. Then, district and campus staff came up with a plan to raise the school’s grade. Fri, 26 Jan 2024 11:00:00 GMT /education/2024-01-26/manor-middle-school-grade-texas-education-agency Becky Fogel /education/2022-10-26/raise-your-hand-texas-staar-test Raise Your Hand Texas released a report Tuesday that outlines ways to change how standardized testing is used to evaluate students and schools. The recommendations come just months ahead of the next legislative session. Wed, 26 Oct 2022 14:55:00 GMT /education/2022-10-26/raise-your-hand-texas-staar-test Becky Fogel /education/2022-05-19/texas-will-resume-grading-public-schools-based-on-students-staar-test-results For the first time since the pandemic, Texas schools will again be rated based on standardized tests. But for one year only, schools that receive a D or F will get a “not rated� label. Thu, 19 May 2022 13:26:14 GMT /education/2022-05-19/texas-will-resume-grading-public-schools-based-on-students-staar-test-results Brian Lopez /education/2017-12-18/now-when-an-austin-school-fails-its-not-only-the-state-that-can-take-it-over A new Texas law allows organizations, rather than the state, to take over schools that repeatedly fail the state's standardized assessment, or STAAR,� Mon, 18 Dec 2017 11:01:00 GMT /education/2017-12-18/now-when-an-austin-school-fails-its-not-only-the-state-that-can-take-it-over Claire McInerny /education/2017-11-22/austin-isd-pushes-teachers-to-raise-expectations-to-close-achievement-gap Students of color in the Austin Independent School District aren’t doing as well academically as their white peers, so the district's Board of Trustees� Wed, 22 Nov 2017 11:01:00 GMT /education/2017-11-22/austin-isd-pushes-teachers-to-raise-expectations-to-close-achievement-gap Claire McInerny /texas/2017-05-03/should-high-school-students-be-required-to-pass-the-civics-test-prospective-u-s-citizens-take From Texas Standard:The Texas House of Representatives is set to consider a bill Wednesday that would make it mandatory for public high school students to� Wed, 03 May 2017 21:17:28 GMT /texas/2017-05-03/should-high-school-students-be-required-to-pass-the-civics-test-prospective-u-s-citizens-take Rhonda Fanning, Alexandra Hart /texas/2017-03-27/educators-hope-the-staar-test-will-be-better-run-this-year-than-last From Texas Standard:It’s standardized testing season for Texas public school students. For some school districts, test time means missing documents,� Mon, 27 Mar 2017 22:57:56 GMT /texas/2017-03-27/educators-hope-the-staar-test-will-be-better-run-this-year-than-last Michael Marks /education/2014-08-08/nine-austin-isd-schools-fail-state-standards 90 percent of school districts in Texas met state standards, according to results released Friday by the Texas Education Agency.Under a new rating system� Fri, 08 Aug 2014 17:09:25 GMT /education/2014-08-08/nine-austin-isd-schools-fail-state-standards