Those of us who are anti-STAAR are not against testing. In fact, the formidable advocacy group, TAMSA, stands for Texas Advocating for Meaningful Assessment. Meaningful is key. According to educator ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. More students got zeros on STAAR writing questions. It isn’t just a Texas problem. There are a number of theories on why so many ...

This product was designed to help 7th grade students review for their STAAR Writing test, but would also be great throughout the year. Use it any time you need a no-prep activity for a sub or want to ...

Erika De La Rosa was excited when she heard about the sweeping changes to the STAAR exam. "When they initially announced it, as an English teacher, it sounded like a fantastic idea because writing ...

Independent news. Trusted by Texans. About The Texas Tribune | Staff | Contact | Send a Confidential Tip | Ethics | Republish Our Work | Jobs | Awards | Corrections | Strategic Plan | Downloads | ...

I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry as I read these words from the fifth or sixth page of instructions to seventh-graders taking the writing State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness (STAAR) ...

Of an estimated 18,646 Amarillo Independent School District students who took a State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness exam during the 2012-13 school year, about 1,700 are attending summer ...

Many people helped my daughter grow as a writer: My husband and I nurtured her reading and took her on adventures. A decade's worth of teachers coached her on writing and challenged her thinking.

Texas students fared no better the second year they took a new, more difficult standardized test, with nearly half of them again failing the writing portion this spring. Students performed best on the ...

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 ...