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AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Education Agency (TEA) released the spring STAAR testing scores for third through eighth grade students on Tuesday, showing reading and language arts scores improved across ...

The Texas Education Agency released elementary and middle school state assessment results Friday, showing that Coastal Bend and Corpus Christi students performed either similarly to or slightly below ...

THE TEXAS TRIBUNE – State testing data released Friday shows students’ math and science scores slipped as they struggle to catch up after the pandemic. Texas elementary students who took the State of ...