Gov. Greg Abbott has directed state lawmakers to come up with a replacement for the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) test as part of the special session that starts July 21.

The Texas Senate on Wednesday night advanced a proposal to scrap STAAR, the end-of-the-year state standardized test, pushing the bill one step closer to Gov. Greg Abbott's desk. House Bill 8 would ...

A whirlwind special session ended after midnight Wednesday, as several high-profile bills made it across the finish line and other key legislation failed. One of the big issues during the second ...

The Texas Legislature passed a slew of bills in record time, knocking out high-priority GOP legislation on redistricting, the STAAR test, abortion, and bathroom safety, and nonpartisan laws to ...

Teachers, public school students and their parents may soon be free of the dreaded standardized STAAR tests. The state House Committee on Public Education met Monday morning to discuss House Bill 8, ...

(WBNG) -- The New York State Legislature is nearing the end of its session, and with the clock ticking, it can lead to what Assemblyman Joe Angelino (R, 121) calls a frantic environment. “It’s going ...