The STAAR test will live on to fight another day, reports Texas Monthly. The State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness program is the standardized test by which Texas students are measured. A state commission was expected to totally scrap the controversial tests during a meeting last week. Instead, the panel decided to strike down a recommendation to replace the test. Some smaller changes were proposed, however.
STAAR assessments will now be spread out over the course of the entire school year, to ease the burden on students. Also, the testing process will now be primarily digital.
According to the Texas Tribune,parent and teacher groups will likely be disappointed that the commission decided not to propose replacing STAAR tests entirely.
