The Texas Education Agency is defending its decision to let computers grade students’ STAAR essay test questions in the face of mounting criticism from parents and teachers who question the fairness ...

DALLAS — The Dallas ISD superintendent questioned whether an increase in students scoring zeroes on the written response portion of their STAAR exams can be attributed to a new computer grading system ...

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 ...

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 ...

Students sitting for their STAAR exams this week will be part of a new method of evaluating Texas schools: Their written answers on the state's standardized tests will be graded automatically by ...

Texas’ use of computers to score written answers on the state standardized test is under scrutiny in Dallas after school officials learned that thousands of students were awarded marks that were too ...

AUSTIN (Texas Tribune) — Students sitting for their STAAR exams this week will be part of a new method of evaluating Texas schools: Their written answers on the state’s standardized tests will be ...