Democrats say recent changes to a bill that would replace the STAAR test give too much power to the TEA and fall short of meaningfully easing the pressures of standardized testing.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/education/2025/08/27/529558/texas-house-democrats-frustration-with-staar-bill-highlights-divide-over-how-new-test-should-look/

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A Texas House panel on Thursday advanced a proposal to scrap STAAR, the end-of-the-year state standardized test, but not without some Democrats lamenting the changes the lower chamber made to reach an agreement with the Senate.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/education/2025/08/22/529237/as-staar-test-overhaul-heads-for-a-house-vote-democrats-bemoan-concessions-to-the-senate/

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Gov. Greg Abbott has directed state lawmakers to come up with a replacement for the STAAR test as part of the upcoming special session. It's unclear how that will address the problems critics have with the way standardized tests are used in Texas.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/education-news/2025/07/10/526159/abbott-calls-for-lawmakers-to-replace-staar-test-as-part-of-special-session/

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Among the Houston area’s most populated school districts, many outperformed the state’s average STAAR test scores, but a few did not.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/education-news/2025/06/11/523741/staar-results-are-out-heres-how-houstons-biggest-school-districts-did/

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Some Houston ISD parents who are boycotting the STAAR test say their children were presented with the standardized tests even though they had opted out of taking them.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/education-news/hisd/2025/04/22/519378/hisd-parents-say-some-students-were-presented-an-exam-despite-opting-out/

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