Texas schools may soon use a new standardized test “rooted in tradition” and ethics to measure student performance. The Texas State Board of Education voted 9-4 last week to add the ...

Mark Gurarie is a writer covering health topics, technology, music, books, and culture. He also teaches health science and research writing at George Washington University's School of Medical and ...

After more than a decade of Texas students sitting for the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness or STAAR tests, the standardized test is slated to be scrapped. In September, Gov. Greg ...

As we get into another winter holiday season, COVID is still part of our lives. And although it's hard to predict exactly what this year's cold, flu and coronavirus season will look like, experts want ...

Dr. James Gibson and his genetics clinic at Dell Children's Medical Center are expecting a first any day now: The first baby with a lysosomal storage disorder to come to the clinic for treatment ...

In this tutorial, we will show you how to print a test page in Windows 11 without using any third-party tool. This can come in handy to check the alignment issue, ink flow for text and image quality, ...

It was once a rite of passage for millions of American schoolchildren before being phased out under the Obama administration. But now public school students across the U.S. once again face being rated ...

Texas elementary and middle school students are passing STAAR exams at higher rates across many subjects in 2025 compared to 2024, according to new scores data released Tuesday by the Texas Education ...

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.

ALBANY — A former state trooper who was fired after testing positive last year for amphetamines has filed a lawsuit against the State Police seeking to get her job back. The petition filed in state ...