STAAR test

The leaders of some of the best school districts in Texas are raising concerns over STAAR tests. NBC 5 education reporter Wayne Carter reports Frisco, Plano, and Wylie are just some of the districts asking the state to come up with a better way of grading schools on how they’re performing.

The leaders of some of the best school districts in Texas are raising concerns over STAAR tests. NBC 5 education reporter Wayne Carter reports Frisco, Plano, and Wylie are just some of the districts asking the state to come up with a better way of grading schools on how they’re performing.

Beto O’Rourke wants to cancel the state assessment to give teachers “more time” with students, but can he do that? Watch to hear more.

North Texas schools received their annual report cards from the state on Monday.

Report cards– handed out on this first day of school– not to individual students, but to their schools on how well they did their jobs educating students.

A Frisco sixth-grader shared her secret to achieving a perfect score on the STAAR test.

Here’s how Dallas-Fort Worth students scored in this year’s STAAR standardized testing.

STAAR testing this year put pressure on students and teachers to improve academic performance. Here’s the main takeaway.

STAAR testing was brought to an unexpected halt in Arlington ISD on Wednesday after a district wide internet outage.

The debate over standardized testing in the Lone Star State is ramping up again with educators calling out the added stress being put on students who are already on edge after the pandemic.

Educators tell NBC 5 that the reliance on STAAR testing scores is going too far.

A school in DeSoto is coming up with creative ways to help ease the pressure some students feel when taking the STAAR test.

A school in DeSoto is coming up with creative ways to help ease the pressure some students feel when taking the STAAR test.