Over two decades ago, the No Child Left Behind Act introduced the requirement that states administer annual, statewide ...

Texas lawmakers have sent legislation replacing STAAR, the state’s widely unpopular state standardized test, to Gov. Greg ...

The State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, known as STAAR, are a series of state-mandated standardized tests used in Texas schools to assess a student’s achievements and knowledge. Diane ...

Students walk into Thelma R. Parks Elementary in Oklahoma City on the first day of school on Aug. 13. (Photo by Nuria Martinez-Keel/Oklahoma Voice) OKLAHOMA CITY — When Carri Hicks thinks of state ...

State schools Superintendent Ryan Walters says the Oklahoma State Department of Education will allow school districts to use alternative benchmark assessments approved by the agency in place of ...

The House greenlit plans to scrap the state exam, advancing HB 8. The state Senate is set to discuss its version of the bill, SB 9.

Conservative nonprofit PragerU says in new ads that it wrote Oklahoma's new ideology test for teachers from left-leaning states.