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Arlington STAAR scores change little from 2011-12

Arlington STAAR scores change little from 2011-12

Fort Worth struggles on STAAR tests

Slightly more than half the students in elementary and middle schools passed the STAAR tests, and their passing rates were lower in all grade levels than those of their peers statewide.

Students and teachers prepare for round two of STAAR

Under STAAR, children in third through eighth grades take tests in the same core subjects measured by the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) program, which is being phased out.

Mansfield gets passing grades on STAAR, TAKS tests | News | Mansfield News-Mirror

Like the STAAR test takers, the Mansfield sophomores and juniors who took the TAKS last school year outscored the state average in all areas except one, 10th-grade math -- also by one point.

Twice is a charm: Ninth-graders who failed STAAR tests do better on retakes

Students took the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, or STAAR, exam for the first time last year, and are now required to pass 15 separate tests to graduate high school.

Passing rates from grades 3-8 top 70 percent

The STAAR test was supposed to count toward 15 percent of a student's end-of-course grade, but the Legislature has suspended the requirement.

Texas moms are fed up with STAAR student testing

Michael Williams, who was appointed education commissioner after Scott left, has suspended that requirement while lawmakers study the STAAR testing plan.

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