Corrected: This story originally gave an incorrect first name for the spokeswoman for the Pennsylvania Department of Education. She is Beth Gaydos. Could a computer really be a good judge of student ...

Having just adapted to a newly reformatted state test, school leaders across Texas are now looking at a new change in how their students are assessed: computer-based scoring. The Texas Education ...

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This is a developing story and will be updated throughout the day. Texas superintendents — and at least one lawmaker — want answers from the state education commissioner about how computers are ...

Texas students’ written responses on the STAAR test will most likely be scored by a computer, rather than a person.(Ben Sklar / The New York Times) Texas students’ written responses on the STAAR test ...

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 ...