Houston ISD's standardized test scores are improving and on par with statewide averages after spending years trailing behind, a feat state-appointed Superintendent Mike Miles attributed Thursday to ...

Houston ISD's top-performing schools in fifth-grade STAAR exams were typically wealthier campuses with specialized magnet programs, according to data released by the Texas Education Agency Tuesday.

San Antonio elementary and middle school students outperformed the high schoolers on this year’s STAAR test, with major gains in reading and science — but lagging math and social studies scores signal ...

The share of Houston ISD's third through eighth grade students who met grade level in every State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness exam subject improved or stayed flat when compared to the ...

Editor's Note: Corrections were made to this story on Sept. 29. Two elementary schools in the Mechanicsburg Area School District did not make state targets in fifth-grade reading in 2010-11, leaving ...

There were more fifth graders in Arlington Public Schools who needed intensive reading support at the end of the last school year than at the beginning, according to county data, a troubling trend ...

Two years into state intervention, students at Houston ISD campuses within the New Education System have made gains that outpaced their peers — although their scores remain far behind their ...