The full TribFest program is now LIVE. TribFest 2025 is presented by JPMorganChase Democrats say recent changes to the bill give too much power to the TEA and fall short of meaningfully easing the ...

The annual mandatory STAAR test will soon be gone under a new law Gov. Greg Abbott signed Wednesday night. Public school students in third through eighth grades take the high-stakes standardized test ...

Students attend a math and reading workshop at a STAAR summer camp held at Dobie Middle School on July 23, 2025. Texas lawmakers will try again to revamp the state’s standardized test during this year ...

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. This special session, Texas lawmakers ...

A bill that would replace STAAR, the state's standardized test, with three shorter tests is headed to Gov. Greg Abbott's desk. (Eli Hartman/The Texas Tribune, Eli Hartman/The Texas Tribune) Sign up ...

The STAAR test has been broadly criticized and is set to be replaced in the 2027-28 school year, raising questions about using it as a measure of student performance — and as the basis for state ...

(The Center Square) – Student excitement about the legislature abolishing the annual statewide standardized test may be short lived. Instead of one test, students will soon have to take three. HB 8, ...

THE TEXAS TRIBUNE – The Texas Senate on Tuesday advanced a proposal to scrap STAAR, the end-of-the-year state standardized test that parents and teachers widely criticize for putting enormous pressure ...

A stabbing was reported on Friday, Nov. 28, 2025, in the 1500 block of Vera Cruz Street, near South Trinity Street. Read full article: Man found with multiple stab wounds on West Side; Police detain ...

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