This story has been edited to add additional information about 12th grade mathematics and reading scores. Eighth grade students’ science test scores have fallen to the level they were in 2009, the ...

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--School districts that used STEMscopes Texas, the most widely used science curriculum in Texas, for eighth grade science instruction outperformed other districts on the ...

AUSTIN, Texas -- A Republican-controlled Texas State Board of Education on Friday rejected seven of 12 proposed science textbooks for eighth graders that for the first time will require them to ...

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The Texas Education Agency has released STAAR and End-of-Course exam scores for spring 2025 showing some improvement and some collapses in seventh grade math and eighth grade social studies as ...

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