STAAR season is here in Texas and if your kid is feeling the pressure you are not alone. Here is what actually happens if ...

Public school students in third through eighth grade and high schoolers take the bulk of their STAAR exams in April of each ...

More than 9 out of 10 elementary and middle school students fail to properly read school textbook content, according to a study. It was also confirmed that students addicted to smartphones and ...

I recently did a peer-reviewed deep dive into the test design documentation to figure out why the reported results weren’t showing improvement. I found the flat scores were at least in part by design.

STAAR test results are included in the state of Texas’ accountability rating system for schools. Ron Jenkins Star-Telegram/Ron Jenkins Efforts to reform the State of Texas Assessment of Academic ...